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Kaaren Morrissey

'A new era': miner banks profit on metals for tech age

Rio Tinto is playing up its copper business, as the take-up of electric vehicles rises. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

The world's biggest iron ore miner is racing into a new era driven by electric vehicles and artificial intelligence infrastructure, supported by stronger input from its copper plays.

A bullish Rio Tinto boss Simon Trott said all of the group's top-tier commodities, including aluminium and lithium, were at the heart of technology shifts.

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