Rio Tinto ousts Australian uranium unit directors over contentious report

By Tejaswi Marthi and Sonali Paul

(Reuters) -Rio Tinto on Monday ousted the chairman and two other board directors at its uranium unit, a key victory in a dispute over potential mining in Australia’s Kakadu national park that had threatened its efforts to rebuild ties with indigenous groups.

Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) said on Monday that its chairman, Peter Mansell, and two other board committee members had agreed to step down after Rio called for Mansell’s resignation.

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