Rio Tinto's iron ore port operations have resumed after Tropical Cyclone Narelle passed over Western Australia's Pilbara region. All of the company's people remained safe and unharmed during the weather event. Port closures at Rio Tinto's four Pilbara iron ore port terminals commenced on 24 March 2026. Ship loading at East Intercourse Island, Parker Point and Cape Lambert B recommenced on 28 March. Damage to Cape Lambert [...]
Rio Tinto spent a record A$19.7 billion with more than 6,000 Australian suppliers in 2025. This represents a A$2 billion increase on the previous year, supporting jobs and businesses across Australia. About A$1.5 billion was spent with local suppliers in the regions where the company operates, supporting local jobs and local communities. A record A$1.1 billion was spent with Indigenous businesses, including A$820 million [...]
Rio Tinto has published its 2025 Taxes and Royalties Paid Report, which details $9.9 billion of taxes and royalties paid globally during the year . In Australia, taxes and royalties totalling $6.1 billion were paid in 2025, including corporate tax paid of $3.7 billion . Rio Tinto also made significant tax and royalty payments in Chile , the United States , Mongolia and Canada . Higher tariffs on primary aluminium exports [...]
After 23 years of operations and more than 150 million carats of rough diamonds produced before exhausting its economic reserves, Rio Tinto's Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada has celebrated its final day of production. Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium and Diamonds Managing Director Sophie Bergeron said: "Forty years ago there were very few people who believed there were diamonds in Canada - even fewer [...]
Resolution Copper, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP , and the United States Forest Service have completed a historic land exchange, unlocking the next phase of one of the world's largest untapped copper deposits. Completion of the land exchange follows a 13 March decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit which ruled in favour of Resolution Copper and the federal government, denying the [...]
Rio Tinto deeply regrets to confirm the death of an employee of a contracting company following an incident at Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah on Thursday 12 March. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott said: "We are devastated by the loss of our colleague, and our heartfelt sympathies are with their family, friends, teammates, and everyone in the Kennecott community. We are working closely with the relevant authorities and [...]
Rio Tinto and Prysmian have partnered on an industrial trial to produce low-carbon aluminium cables designed for the rapidly growing data centre market, combining leading-edge smelting and cable technologies to help customers reduce the carbon footprint of critical IT infrastructure. The trial saw Rio Tinto manufacture aluminium rod using a blend of low-carbon aluminium from Rio Tinto's hydropowered Alma smelter in [...]
Rio Tinto has secured a $1.175 billion financing package from four international lenders to support development of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina's Salta Province. The package comprises loans from the International Finance Corporation , IDB Invest, Export Finance Australia and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation . The proceeds will be used to support development of the $2.5 billion Rincon lithium [...]
Rio Tinto and the Western Australian Government have entered into a 50:50 joint venture to complete both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant. Once fully operational, the plant will deliver 8GL of desalinated water per year to the West Pilbara Water Supply Scheme, reducing pressure on regional aquifers. The West Pilbara Water Supply Scheme is operated by Water Corporation and supplies the towns [...]
Rio Tinto is moving forward on a research and development project to extract primary gallium from its alumina refining process in Quebec, with a conditionally approved contribution from Natural Resources Canada under the Global Partnerships Initiative . After successfully extracting first gallium together with its partner Indium Corporation in May 2025, Rio Tinto will start construction of a pilot plant at its Complexe [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott said: "Safety remains our highest priority. We are deeply committed to learning from the tragic death of one of our colleagues at the Simandou project last weekend and I will be spending time with the team on the ground, as we fully investigate how this happened. "Our solid financial results demonstrate clear progress as we embed our stronger, sharper and simpler way of working. We [...]
Rio Tinto is deeply saddened to confirm the death of an employee of a contracting company following an incident at the SimFer mine site in Nzérékoré, Guinea on Saturday 14 February. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott said: "Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family, friends and colleagues of our teammate who lost their life, and with everyone affected by this tragedy. We are providing our full support [...]
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