Top Rio Tinto Executive Calls on Trump to Fast-Track Approvals

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Rio Tinto Group Chief Commercial Officer Bold Baatar has called on US President-elect Donald Trump to overhaul approvals processing for its Resolution copper mine in Arizona.

Permitting should be faster for the mine, which is a key part of Rio’s growth agenda into metals crucial for the energy transition, Baatar said at the Financial Times Commodity Summit in Singapore.