Jakob Stausholm to leave the big mining company Rio Tinto after just four years in the job and a contentious investment in lithium production

During his nearly five-year stint at the helm of the world’s second-biggest miner, Rio Tinto has sought to repair its reputation with investors and communities.

When Jakob Stausholm took the top job at Rio Tinto Group, his task was to repair the reputation of a company that had just blasted through a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site and bungled its response.