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Rio shareholders played the long game and ultimately got their prized scalp We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement In September last year when Rio shareholders successfully blasted three of the miner’s most senior executives out of their jobs because of the Juukan Gorge destruction, it looked like the fight had finished. Three of the biggest scalps in Australian corporate history were on spikes - chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques, iron ore division boss Chris Salisbury and corporate affairs boss Simone Niven....

Last modified on Wed 3 Mar 2021 10.01 EST Rio Tinto’s chairman will stand down amid an outcry over the miner’s destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site in Western Australia. Simon Thompson will leave Rio Tinto within the next year after accepting he was “ultimately accountable” for the company’s decision to blow up ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. Rio Tinto blew up the rock shelters, which were highly significant to the area’s Aboriginal traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura peoples, to help it access better-quality iron ore d...

The chairman of Rio Tinto has announced that he will not seek re-election after the mining giant blew up parts of an ancient indigenous site in Australia to make way for new iron ore extraction.

Simon Thompson's decision not to stand for reelection to the board comes after a spate of top-level resignations following the incident in Australia.

Rio chairman flags 2022 exit after Juukan Gorge ‘failings’ Save Share Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has bowed to pressure over his handling of the Juukan Gorge scandal and will leave the company within the next year. Mr Thompson will seek re-election at Rio’s annual meetings over the next two months, but said it would be his last year and he would spend the year focused on finding his replacement. Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson will exit within a year.  Eddie Jim Mr Thompson’s exit comes after he declared in August that he wanted former chief executive Jean-Sebas...