Rio Tinto Plc (ADR)

MONTRÉAL, June 14, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - A technology development project to boost the performance of Rio Tinto's Aluminium operations has won the large business category at the 2018 the Gala des Octas. The initiative at Rio Tinto's Aluminium Operational Centre in Saguenay, Quebec, in partnership with CGI, focuses on developing new tools and systems to support operators by using predictive mathematics, machine [...]

A revolutionary process to make aluminium produces oxygen and replaces all direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional aluminium smelting process. Alcoa and Rio Tinto launch new joint venture, Elysis, for larger scale development and commercialisation of the process, with a technology package planned for sale beginning in 2024. Alcoa, Rio Tinto, the Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec and Apple agree [...]

MONTREAL, April 10, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto is the first company in the world to receive certification under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative , the highest internationally recognized standard for robust environmental, social and governance practices across the aluminium lifecycle of production, use and recycling. By using ASI certified aluminium, manufacturers and end users will now be able to demonstrate their [...]

Rio Tinto Chief Executive J-S Jacques today joined Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with a delegation of business leaders on his historic visit to Washington, D.C., for bilateral discussions to celebrate “100 Years of Mateship” between the two countries. J-S said, “Rio Tinto has a significant presence in both Australia and the United States and I am pleased to help celebrate the long tradition [...]

Rio Tinto will invest C$250 million to extend operations at the Vaudreuil alumina refinery, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios said "This investment will extend operations at the Vaudreuil refinery beyond 2022. "The high quality, cost competitive alumina from the Vaudreuil plant will continue to support our world class, low carbon aluminium smelting [...]

Rio Tinto will invest C$250 million to extend operations beyond 2022 at the Vaudreuil alumina refinery, in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The project includes the construction of a filtration plant and the optimisation of the Jonquière complex bauxite residue site. Managing director Atlantic Operations Gervais Jacques said: "Today is an important milestone in the Vaudreuil plant's 80 year [...]

ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until December 22, 2017 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Rio Tinto Plc , if they purchased the Company’s American Depositary Receipts between October 23, 2012 and February 15, 2013, inclusive . This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New [...]

MONTREAL, Nov. 14  2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto is investing an extra 3.5 million dollars over the next three years to help Quebec students from low-income communities the tools and life skills graduate from high school. Gervais Jacques, Managing Director, Atlantic Operations – Rio Tinto Aluminium stated: "Rio Tinto and Pathways to Education believe that education has the power to change lives, and that graduation rates [...]

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until December 22, 2017 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Rio Tinto Plc , if they purchased the Company's American Depositary Receipts between October 23, 2012 and February 15, 2013, inclusive .  This action is pending in the United States [...]

MONTREAL, Nov. 2, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Rio Tinto has received the Canadian-American Business Council's Corporate Leadership Award for the $6 billion modernization of its BC Works smelter at Kitimat in British Columbia, which produces some of the world's lowest carbon aluminum. CABC chief executive officer Maryscott Greenwood said "Rio Tinto has shown itself to be a leading North American business through its commitment to [...]