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Global mining group taps Australian as new CEO

Simon Trott will take over as Rio Tinto's new chief executive in August. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Mining giant Rio Tinto's iron ore boss will take the company's top job, returning the position to an Australian for the first time in almost a decade.

Simon Trott, who grew up on a farm in Western Australia's wheatbelt, succeeds Jakob Stausholm as chief executive, who held the role for more than four years.

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