Rio Tinto and Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation have signed an updated agreement aimed at strengthening ties and delivering improved social and economic outcomes for the Yindjibarndi people for generations to come. The updated agreement, delivered as part of Rio Tinto's commitment to modernise its relationships with Traditional Owners, was signed [...]
CR Minerals Company, LLC today announced that they have reached an agreement with Rio Tinto , on the production of pozzolans from waste materials at the U.S. Borax facility in Boron, CA. Using mine waste materials to create low carbon alternatives to cement. CR Minerals intends to use waste tailings present onsite to produce pozzolans that can be [...]
Rio Tinto has entered into agreements with certain funds and other entities related to Pentwater Capital Management LP and SailingStone Capital Partners LLC in relation to the special meeting of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. shareholders to vote on Rio Tinto's acquisition by way of plan of arrangement of the approximately 49% of the issued and [...]
Global miners BHP and Rio Tinto have formed a partnership agreement to accelerate the development of technology that could significantly increase water recovery from mine tailings, and in turn reduce potential safety risks and environmental footprints associated with tailings storage facilities. The first project will involve testing the [...]
Rio Tinto has issued an open letter to the shareholders of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. outlining the future of TRQ and reiterating its long-term commitment to Oyu Tolgoi. Dear Turquoise Hill Shareholders, Since Rio Tinto's approach in March to acquire Turquoise Hill Resources you may have heard many views about the merits of our proposal. Today [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm, said: "Delivering the full potential of our assets remains a priority: production improved versus the prior quarter across most of our sites, particularly where we have implemented the Rio Tinto Safe Production System . We progressed our excel in development objective, commissioning some major projects and [...]
Rio Tinto and Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd have agreed to modernise the joint venture covering the Rhodes Ridge project in the East Pilbara in Western Australia, home to one of the world's largest and highest quality undeveloped iron ore deposits. The binding joint venture updates an existing agreement between the two parties dating back to 1972 and [...]
Scania and Rio Tinto are developing more agile autonomous haul trucks at a mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region to pursue potential environmental and productivity benefits. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221013005604/en/ A Scania autonomous truck is loaded at Rio [...]
Rio Tinto is partnering with the Government of Canada to invest up to C$737 million over the next eight years to decarbonise its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane operations in Sorel-Tracy, Québec, and to position the business as a centre of excellence for critical minerals processing. The partnership will support technological innovations that represent a [...]
Rio Tinto has published its second progress report on Communities and Social Performance practices, which includes direct feedback from Traditional Owners and details the actions the company has taken to rebuild relationships with Indigenous peoples and external stakeholders. As part of efforts to increase transparency in its approach to cultural [...]
Richard's Bay Minerals will be supplied with renewable solar power through an agreement with international energy company Voltalia and local Black Economic Empowerment partners, for its operation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Under the agreement, Voltalia will begin construction of the Bolobedu Solar PV renewable energy project in 2023, at a site [...]
Rio Tinto welcomes Energy Resources of Australia's announcement today that it will renew its independent board committee to introduce new perspectives to address the material cost and schedule overruns on the critical Ranger rehabilitation project in Australia's Northern Territory. Rio Tinto chief executive Australia Kellie Parker said "We thank [...]