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"Certainly, the acquisition of Jubilee as CEO of Xstrata Nickel was not our finest moment"

Former Xstrata chief on the one that didn't get away

Mining Journal

While their successes are legendary, a question about “your biggest mistake” was almost mandatory in a manifesto with lessons learned, and being given. Ian Pearce, the CEO of Xstrata Nickel from 2006...

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