Rio Tinto has donated A$750,000 to support disaster relief efforts for those impacted by the widespread floods in North Queensland. The funds will support the work of key organisations, including the Queensland Royal Flying Doctors Service and the Queensland Red Cross, which are providing medical care, running evacuation centres and helping people recover from the disaster. Rio Tinto Chief Executive, Australia, Kellie [...]
Rio Tinto's U.S. Borax has donated $600,000 to three organisations to support relief efforts for communities directly impacted by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles region. The Kern County Fire Department, Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank will each receive a donation of $200,000. The funds will help support immediate disaster response services, including providing emergency [...]
Rio Tinto and Hydro will join forces to identify and evaluate available carbon capture technologies for future implementation in the aluminium electrolysis process. The companies have signed a partnership agreement that provides for the sharing of certain information, results and costs covering specific R&D activities from lab tests with external suppliers to larger, on-site pilots, with the aim of creating improved [...]
Tropical Cyclone Sean delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline of Western Australia, impacting Rio Tinto rail and port operations. A railcar dumper at the East Intercourse Island port facility, which shipped 45 million tonnes of total Rio Tinto Iron Ore shipments in 2024, was flooded after the weather event passed the coast, delivering 274mm to Karratha during 20 January 2025. Assessments are ongoing [...]
Rio Tinto welcomes the Australian Government's announcement of an aluminium production credit to help sustain and grow aluminium smelting in Australia, and significantly advance both regional communities and the nation's manufacturing capabilities. The production credit, announced today as part of the Future Made in Australia Plan, puts Australia on a path to becoming a leader in green metals manufacturing, while [...]
Rio Tinto released its quarterly operational report for the fourth quarter ending Dec 31, 2024, which included Iron Ore Company of Canada production and sales information. Specifically, Rio Tinto announced that in the fourth quarter of 2024, IOC had total saleable iron ore production of 4.31 million tonnes, comprised of 2.50 million tonnes of pellets and 1.81 million tonnes of concentrate for sale. Rio Tinto also [...]
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "Our operating performance in 2024 was good, consistent with our ongoing commitment to strengthen the business as we execute our strategy to deliver profitable growth. The implementation of our Safe Production System has again contributed to greater consistency across key operations, including our iron ore assets in the Pilbara and our bauxite operations in Australia, where [...]
The University of Northern British Columbia and Rio Tinto have expanded a partnership to advance vital research into the impacts of climate change on water security and freshwater fishes in the Nechako Watershed. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115183770/en/ The $1.75 million in research funding from Rio Tinto will support two Research Chairs [...]
It is with great sadness that Rio Tinto confirms that Mr Gel Aguaviva, a deck fitter on board its bulk carrier RTM Zheng He, was reported missing on 26 December 2024, while the vessel was traveling from China to Western Australia. An extensive and ongoing search and rescue operation to find Mr Aguaviva has been conducted over the past seven days, with Rio Tinto working in collaboration with RTM Zheng He ship and crew [...]
Rio Tinto has appointed Georgie Bezette as its new Chief People Officer, succeeding James Martin, who will retire at the end of this year. Georgie, who joined the organisation in 2008, is currently Chief Operating Officer, People, responsible for the transformation of the People function in support of Rio Tinto's ambitious cultural change journey. She will start in her new role on 1 January 2025 and be based in London [...]
Australia's two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia's largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace1 pilot plant. The groundbreaking project combines the expertise of BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto to test technology to enable the use of Pilbara iron ore to produce iron without the need for traditional blast [...]
As part of a research and development program, Rio Tinto is assessing the potential for extracting and valorising gallium, a critical and strategic mineral already present in the bauxite processed in its alumina refinery in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the only one in Canada. When the preliminary phase of technology development is conclusive, Rio Tinto plans to build a demonstration plant in Saguenay for extraction technology [...]
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