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Global Speakers Series : Bret Clayton: Additional Reading

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Global Speakers Series

Bret Clayton, Group Executive
Business Support & Operations, Rio Tinto

 

Bret Clayton was appointed Group executive, Business Support & Operations in October 2009. He joined the Group in 1995 and has held a series of management positions, including chief executive of the Copper and Diamonds groups, president and chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Energy America and chief financial officer of Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Prior to joining the Group, Bret worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for nine years, providing auditing and consulting services to the mining industry.

Selected Articles

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'Big growth agenda' for Rio Tinto. China Daily, 10/22/10
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Plc said on Thursday that its procurement for project equipment and raw materials in China this year will reach $400 million, underscoring the increasingly important role of the country as an importer of its iron ore and major supplier for its worldwide operations.
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Through a Joint Venture, Rio Tinto Strives to Repair Its Relations With China. New York Times, 8/20/10
Not long ago, China and the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto seemed to be locked in battle.
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Real Salt Lake, mine firm strike a naming deal. Sports Business Journal, 9/29/08
Rio Tinto, which is based in the United Kingdom and has a market cap of $106 billion, will use the naming-rights deal to promote its ownership of Kennecott Utah Copper, one of the state’s largest employers. Kennecott operates one of the world’s largest open-pit copper mines in Bingham Canyon, 28 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
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Bret Clayton-Copper. Rio Tinto Review, 3/1/07
Bret Clayton sounds as though it should belong to one of the lead characters in a glitzy TV
series like Dynasty or Dallas. In real life, however, it belongs to a down to earth accountant who is now heading Rio Tinto’s currently most profitable business group – Copper.
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