Rio Tinto signs new wind power deal for Kennecott Copper
SALT LAKE CITY- Rio Tinto’s Kennecott operation has progressed its decarbonisation objectives by signing a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement
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Robe River JV to invest $733 million in iron ore mine in Australia
PERTH, Australia- Rio Tinto, Mitsui and Nippon Steel will invest $733 million1 (Rio Tinto share $389 million) to develop the West
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Rio Tinto record production from bauxite and Oyu Tolgoi operations
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto releases second quarter 2025 production results. Executive Summary Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said:
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Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine
HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE, Canada- Rio Tinto is investing CA$7.6 million in an industrial demonstration project to assess the integration of an ore
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Iron ore losses from 4 cyclones estimated to be 13 million tonnes
Rio Tinto reports production and shipping of Iron Ore in Q1 were affected by significant weather events, with the total
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Construction begins on Rio Tinto’s first Australian-made iron ore rail cars
PERTH, Australia – Rio Tinto’s first locally made iron ore rail car has been built in Western Australia, as it
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Rio Tinto delivered 1% production growth and 3% increase in sales volumes
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: “Our operating performance in 2024 was good, consistent with our
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Rio Tinto and Glencore in preliminary merger deal talks
According to Bloomberg a massive shakeup looms above the mining sector this year as Rio Tinto Group and Glencore Plc
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Rio Tinto acquires Sumitomo’s stake in New Zealand’s aluminium smelter
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto’s previously announced acquisition of Sumitomo Chemical Company’s (SCC’s) 20.64% interest in New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) was
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RIO TINTO: Two new solar farms for mining and beyond
NHULUNBUY, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Two new 5.25MW solar farms will be built on Gumatj and Rirratjingu country on the Gove Peninsula
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Rio Tinto: Australia’s biggest renewable power to repower its Gladstone operations
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto has signed Australia’s largest renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) to date to supply its Gladstone
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Rio Tinto to develop Australia’s largest solar farm for mining
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto will drive development of Australia’s largest solar power project near Gladstone, after agreeing to buy
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Rio Tinto: copper production up by just over 3%, iron ore 2% higher
MELBOURNE, Australia – Q4 2023 operational highlights and other key announcements
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Rio Tinto Kennecott to fully transition to renewable diesel
SALT LAKE CITY – Rio Tinto will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper
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Rio Tinto: Simandou iron ore project update
SYDNEY – Rio Tinto provides an update on the world class Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, which is being
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Rio Tinto and Giampaolo complete aluminium recycling transaction
LONDON – Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group have completed a transaction to form the Matalco joint venture, combining the strengths
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Rio Tinto and Codelco complete Nuevo Cobre exploration jv agreement
TOKYO – Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of PanAmerican Silver’s stake in Agua de la Falda and entered a
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RIO TINTO announces Q3 2023 operational highlights
Pilbara operations produced 83.5 million tonnes (100% basis) in the third quarter, 1% lower than the corresponding period of 2022.
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Rio Tinto sells more iron ore in Q3, guidance unchanged
Rio Tinto has announced that in Q3 2023, Pilbara iron ore shipments totalled 83.9 million tonnes (Q3 2022: 82.9 million
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Fortune Minerals, Rio Tinto to expand production of cobalt and bismuth
Fortune Minerals has announced that it will collaborate with Rio Tinto to develop technology that will improve recovery of the
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First Quantum and Rio Tinto announce completion of the La Granja Agreement
TORONTO – First Quantum Minerals and Rio Tinto have completed the previously announced transaction to progress the next phase of
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Rio Tinto to build the largest solar power plant in Canada’s North
YELLOWKNIFE, Canada – Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories, featuring over
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Engineering contract for BioIron process
Rio Tinto has awarded Metso a detailed design and engineering contract for their continuous pilot plant (CPP) for the BioIronTM
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Rio Tinto to build the largest solar power plant in Canada’s North
YELLOWKNIFE, Canada – Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories, featuring over
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Rio Tinto commits $150 million to Centre for Future Materials led by Imperial College
Rio Tinto has announced that they have committed $150 million to create a Centre for Future Materials led by Imperial
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Rio Tinto and Giampaolo enter into Matalco aluminium recycling JV
LONDON – Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group, one of North America’s largest fully-integrated metal management businesses, have entered into an
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Rio Tinto: iron ore production up 3%, mined copper output down
Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced that its Pilbara operations produced 81.3 million tonnes (100% basis) of iron ore in
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Rio Tinto releases second quarter production results
MELBOURNE, Australia- Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: “We built further momentum in our Pilbara iron ore business for
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Rio Tinto and Sumitomo hydrogen pilot plant for lower-carbon alumina refining
MELBOURNE – Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation will build a first-of-a-kind hydrogen plant in Gladstone as part of a A$111.1
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Baowu and Rio Tinto partner to decarbonise the steel value chain
SHANGHAI – China Baowu, the world’s biggest steelmaker, and Rio Tinto, the world’s largest iron ore producer, have signed a
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