Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 23 : 18-Jan-18

Lawyers representing former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese have rejected allegations that he concealed the true value of a Mozambique coal project, arguing that other officers and employees of the resources group were responsible for asset valuations and impairment charges. Albanese’s lawyers, as well as those representing former CFO Guy Elliot and Rio Tinto, will ask a US court to dismiss the Securities & Exchange Commission’s fraud charges.

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