Rio Tinto will reduce production at the Yarwun Alumina Refinery in Gladstone by 40 per cent from October 2026, to extend the operation's life until 2035 and allow time to explore further life-extension and modernisation options. With Yarwun's tailings facility expected to reach capacity by 2031 at current production rates, this curtailment will allow another four years to explore and develop technical solutions that could [...]
Rio Tinto has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Australian environmental technology company Calix to support construction of Calix's Zero Emissions Steel Technology demonstration plant in Western Australia, which could enable Pilbara iron ores to be used in lower-emissions steel making. If approved, the demonstration plant will be built at a site in Kwinana, south of Perth, that had been earmarked for Rio Tinto's [...]
Rio Tinto's Kennecott operation has progressed its decarbonisation objectives by signing a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with TerraGen for renewable energy from a newly completed wind farm in Texas. Under the agreement, Rio Tinto will purchase 78.5 megawatts of renewable energy generated by TerraGen's 238.5 MW Monte Cristo I Windpower project. Commercial operations were commemorated with a ribbon cutting [...]
The President of the Republic of Guinea today joined project partners WCS1, Baowu, Chinalco and Rio Tinto in a ceremony at the port in Forécariah prefecture to mark the start of operations at Simandou, Africa's largest greenfield integrated mine and infrastructure project. The project is delivering more than 600 kilometres of new multi-use trans-Guinean rail together with barge and Transhipment Vessel port facilities [...]
Rio Tinto and China's State Power Investment Corporation Qiyuan have launched a trial of battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251026376828/en/ The trial is Rio Tinto's first use of battery swap electric haul trucks in surface mining operations. This is a major step [...]
Rio Tinto today announces a number of Board changes. As we have previously reported, the size of the Board peaked at 14 Directors during a transitional period in which we retained the expertise and experience of longer-serving Directors as newer Directors familiarised themselves with the Group. Sam Laidlaw and Kaisa Hietala stepped down from the Board at the conclusion of the 2025 AGMs, and that transitional phase has now [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott said: "Safety remains our number one priority. We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Mohamed Camara at the SimFer mine site and are committed to learning across our business to prevent future incidents. This has been a time for huge reflections on safety across the group. "We continue to strengthen performance from our assets, setting back-to-back quarterly production records [...]
Rio Tinto, Mitsui and Nippon Steel will invest $733 million1 to develop the West Angelas Sustaining Project, part of the Robe River Joint Venture in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The project, to develop new iron ore deposits in the West Angelas hub, has now received all necessary State and Federal Government approvals. The deposits will maintain the West Angelas hub's total annual production capacity of 35 million [...]
Rio Tinto deeply regrets to announce that an employee of a contracting company has died following an incident at the SimFer mine site in Nzérékoré, Guinea on Friday 22 August. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues impacted by this tragic event as well as the wider community. We will offer all the support we can at this very difficult time [...]
Rio Tinto has approved investment of US$180 million and commenced work on the Norman Creek access project at the world-class Amrun bauxite mine on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula. The Norman Creek access project will enable mining of the Norman Creek region of Amrun, which holds approximately half of the currently declared Amrun Ore Reserves of 978 million tonnes. [1] Construction is underway on key infrastructure [...]
Rio Tinto has today published detailed information on its global tailings facilities, in alignment with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management . The disclosure includes updated information on 14 tailings facilities rated Very High or Extreme consequence under GISTM classifications , along with new information on a further 84 tailings facilities rated Low, High or Significant. Rio Tinto Chief Technical Officer [...]
Rio Tinto : 6% CuEq production uplift YoY, delivering on strategy through focus on our four objectives Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We are delivering very resilient financial results with an improving operational performance helped by our increasingly diversified portfolio. Underlying EBITDA of $11.5 billion and operating cash flow of $6.9 billion, despite a 13% lower iron ore price, demonstrate the [...]
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