Rio Tinto is investing US$188 million to increase the production capacity for low-carbon, high value aluminium billets at its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec by 202,000 metric tonnes. The existing casting center at Rio Tinto's Alma plant will be expanded to accommodate new state-of-the-art equipment, including a casting pit and furnaces [...]
Pilbara Traditional Owners, the Banjima People, and Western Australia's Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy, Hon. Bill Johnston MLA, today joined Rio Tinto employees as well as valued partners and suppliers to celebrate the official opening of Gudai-Darri, Rio Tinto's most technologically advanced mine. A large contingent of Traditional Owners [...]
Rio Tinto has delivered first ore from the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine as the company brings online its first greenfield mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia, in more than a decade. Gudai-Darri will help underpin future production of the company's flagship Pilbara Blend™ product. The first autonomous AutoHaul™ trains loaded with ore [...]
Rio Tinto has called for proposals to develop large-scale wind and solar power in Central and Southern Queensland to power its aluminium assets, help meet its climate change ambitions and further encourage renewable development and industry in the region. The approach, which is through a formal market Request for Proposals , is intended to support [...]
More than 3000 women across Australia and New Zealand have applied for roles with Rio Tinto, following the launch of recruitment campaigns targeting women who had not previously worked in the mining industry. In Western Australia, the Transferable Pathways campaign, which launched last month, attracted about 1,600 responses. This was roughly the [...]
Rio Tinto and the Salzgitter Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together towards carbon-free steelmaking by studying optimisation of Rio Tinto's high-quality Canadian and Australian iron ore products for use in Salzgitter's SALCOS green steel project in Germany. Under the MOU, Rio Tinto and Salzgitter will explore optimisation [...]
Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto's marine fleet. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220523005404/en/ The RTM Tasman berthed for loading at Iron Ore Company of Canada's Sept-Îles port in [...]
Rio Tinto has agreed to amend the previously agreed funding plan with Turquoise Hill Resources in order to provide liquidity of up to $400 million in short-term early advances, while the Special Committee of TRQ evaluates Rio Tinto's C$34 per share all-cash proposal to acquire the approximately 49% of the issued and outstanding shares of TRQ that [...]
Rio Tinto has started producing tellurium at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, becoming one of only two U.S. producers of the critical mineral used in advanced thin film photovoltaic solar panels. The tellurium will be refined in North America by 5N Plus, a leading global producer of specialty semiconductors and performance materials, under a [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm, said: "We made notable progress during the quarter with the commencement of underground mining at Oyu Tolgoi following a comprehensive agreement reached with the Government of Mongolia, completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina, and signed a framework agreement at the Simandou [...]
Rio Tinto and the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW Business School have partnered to strengthen Indigenous leadership in the company through the School's Emerging Indigenous Executive Leaders Program . Under the partnership, the AGSM's EIELP has been tailored for Rio Tinto to focus on empowering Indigenous leaders who have an [...]
Rio Tinto and unions representing approximately 1,300 employees at the Kennecott copper operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, have reached a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The new five-year agreement was ratified through a vote by union members held on 31 March 2022, following seven weeks of constructive negotiations. This agreement, effective [...]
