The aftershock of the Juukan Gorge blasts is being felt in the US where indigenous Apaches are fighting a potential Rio and BHP giant copper project, writes Elizabeth Knight. | OPINION
It’s been more than a month since Rio Tinto’s freshly minted chief executive Jakob Stausholm hit the road to lead the Australian leg of the company’s reputational revival tour.
Shareholders too appeared to be disarmed, if not charmed, by his quiet, thoughtful demeanour and his desire to seek out shareholder concerns rather than deliver a scripted spiel.Advertisement While Stausholm and his new team are making all the right noises about turning over a cultural leaf, the larger base of shareholders will be expecting that financial returns will not be sacrificed in the process.