Mining Digital Magazine October 2026 | Page 104

SIMON TROTT
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SIMON TROTT

TITLE: CHIEF EXECUTIVE COMPANY: RIO TINTO INDUSTRY: MINING LOCATION: LONDON / MELBOURNE
Trott became Rio Tinto’ s chief executive in 2025. He is steering the miner’ s renewables shift, from Pilbara solar to the coal-to-clean repowering of its Australian aluminium smelters.