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Rio Tinto thumbs up for the US, thumbs down for SA

Mining major thumbs nose at South Africa as it ploughs more money into US copper

Tim Treadgold

The good news was confirmation that the big Anglo-Australian miner will invest US$1.5 billion to extend the operations of its 116-year old Kennecott copper business in Utah for another 13 years. The...

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