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Rio Tinto CEO didn't see coal price going up, but expects it to fall

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Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques on Wednesday admitted he didn't see the recent meteoric rise in coal prices coming. But he is already predicting the fall. Jacques, named five months ago to run the world's second-biggest mining company, said it's now clear China's mandate to rid its skies of pollution by restructuring its state-owned coal industry was behind a tripling of coal prices since January.
 
 
 
 
 

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