Rio Tinto Ltd.

Dampier Salt Limited has entered into a sales agreement for the Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Carnarvon, Western Australia, with privately-owned salt company Leichhardt Industrials Group for A$375 million . Completion of the sale is conditional on certain commercial and regulatory conditions being satisfied, and this is expected to [...]

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We were fatality free for the fifth consecutive year at our managed operations but we remain vigilant and continue to learn from safety incidents. The Group's total copper equivalent production increased by just over 3% from 2022, reflecting the Gudai-Darri mine in the Pilbara reaching its nameplate [...]

Rio Tinto has appointed Martina Merz and Sharon Thorne as non-executive directors. Martina Merz will join the Board on 1 February 2024 and will therefore stand for election at the annual general meetings of the company in 2024. Sharon Thorne will join the Board on 1 July 2024 and will therefore stand for election at the annual general meetings of [...]

Rio Tinto confirms that Dr Megan Clark has stepped down as a non-executive director on 15 December 2023, having served for nine years on the Board of Directors. Rio Tinto Chair Dominic Barton said, "I would like to express my sincere thanks to Megan for her contribution to Rio Tinto. We will greatly miss her insights and wise counsel. On behalf of [...]

Rio Tinto will today hold its 2023 Investor Seminar in Sydney, where it will update on progress in its long-term strategy of investing with discipline to strengthen operations, deliver growth in a decarbonising world and continue to generate attractive shareholder returns. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We strongly believe we are [...]

Rio Tinto will provide an update today at its Investor Seminar on the world class Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, which is being progressed in partnership with CIOH, a Chinalco-led consortium, Winning Consortium Simandou1 , Baowu and the Republic of Guinea. Simandou is the world's largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposit. The Simfer joint [...]

Rio Tinto will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah from 2024. Kennecott's fleet of 90 haul trucks and all heavy machinery will begin to transition to renewable diesel in the first quarter of 2024, along with consumption from the concentrator, smelter, and refinery. The [...]

Rio Tinto has approved a $77 million pre-feasibility study to progress development of the Rhodes Ridge project, one of the world's best undeveloped iron ore deposits, in the East Pilbara in Western Australia. The commencement of a PFS follows completion of an Order of Magnitude study that considered development of an operation with initial capacity [...]

Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group have completed a transaction to form the Matalco joint venture, combining the strengths of North America's largest primary and secondary aluminium producers to meet the growing demand from manufacturers for low carbon materials. Following the receipt of all regulatory approvals, Rio Tinto has acquired a 50% equity [...]

Rio Tinto has reached a court approved settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a suit brought in 2017 concerning disclosure of the impairment of Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique reflected in Rio Tinto's 2012 year-end accounts. Without admitting to or denying the SEC's allegations related to its books, records and reporting requirements [...]