Rio Tinto's ISAL smelter in Iceland has been certified by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for meeting the highest internationally recognised standards for responsible aluminium production. The certification continues Rio Tinto's leadership of the industry on responsible aluminium production from mine to metal, and means customers can be [...]
Rio Tinto today released updated information in relation to its global tailings facilities to align with the requirements of the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management released in August 2020, an initiative co-convened by the International Council on Mining and Metals, United Nations Environment Programme and the Principles for [...]
Barbara Levi, Chief Legal Officer & External Affairs, has accepted the position of Group General Counsel at UBS and will leave Rio Tinto by the end of October 2021. A thorough search has commenced to identify a suitable successor. Jakob Stausholm, Chief Executive said "Barbara has made a significant contribution during her time with Rio Tinto and [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "We achieved an overall solid operating performance in the first quarter. We have maintained guidance ranges in all our products, with site teams successfully managing the effects of significant rainfall, in particular at our Australian iron ore assets. "It has been a period of deep reflection for the [...]
Rio Tinto has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement with Turquoise Hill Resources for an updated funding plan for the completion of the Oyu Tolgoi Underground Project in Mongolia. The Funding Plan addresses the estimated remaining known funding requirement of approximately $2.3 billion1, building on and replacing the arrangements established in [...]
Rio Tinto has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement with Turquoise Hill Resources for an updated funding plan for the completion of the Oyu Tolgoi Underground Project in Mongolia. The Funding Plan addresses the estimated remaining known funding requirement of approximately $2.3 billion1, building on and replacing the arrangements established in [...]
Rio Tinto today released its 2020 Taxes paid: Our economic contribution report, which shows the company made a total direct economic contribution of $47 billion in the countries and communities where it operates, including $8.4 billion of taxes and royalties. Despite the widespread challenges of COVID-19 in 2020, the contribution was up from the [...]
Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California, United States. The demonstration plant is the next step in scaling up a breakthrough lithium production process developed at Boron, to recover the critical mineral and extract additional value out of [...]
International mining and metals company Rio Tinto and renewable energy technology company Heliogen today announced an agreement to explore the deployment of Heliogen's breakthrough solar technology at Rio Tinto's borates mine in Boron, California. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here [...]
Rio Tinto will today detail how it is working in partnership with Traditional Owners, host communities and independent groups to strengthen and improve its approach to cultural heritage and community relations. In virtual seminars, which will include presentations from Board and Executive Committee members as well as experts in the field, Rio Tinto [...]
Rio Tinto Ltd. will today issue an addendum to its 2021 notice of annual general meeting setting out two advisory resolutions requisitioned by two groups of shareholders as announced on 9 March 2021. As Rio Tinto's current approach is substantially consistent with both of the proposed resolutions, the Rio Tinto Board is recommending that [...]
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement to provide a first commercial batch of high-performance aluminium-scandium alloy from its North American operations to Amaero, a leader in metal additive manufacturing. This first sale is being delivered through Rio Tinto's unique position as a producer of both aluminium and scandium, and its technical capability [...]
