Rio Tinto Sends Maiden Ore Shipment From Amrun Six Weeks Ahead Of Schedule
Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group announced yesterday the first shipment of bauxite from its Amrun project, beating the scheduled...
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Rio Tinto’s Kitimat Aluminium Smelter Achieves ASI Certification
The entirety of Rio Tinto Group’s aluminium operations in Canada is now certified against the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standards after the organization announced the certification’s coverage of the BC Works smelter and Kemano Power Operations in Kitimat, British Columbia. The...
More Ex-China Aluminium Capacity Needed To Meet Rising Demand: Rio Tinto’s Barrios
Forecasters at Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group see ex-China inventory receding over then next few years as demand continues...
Rio Tinto To Supply Nespresso With Solely ASI Certified Aluminium By 2020
Swiss coffee company Nestlé Nespresso S.A. and Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced earlier today a compact to collaborate...
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Rio Tinto Awarded First-Ever Aluminium Chain Of Custody Certification From ASI
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group is the recipient of the first-ever Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification issued by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. The certification was developed by the ASI to establish a seal and a series of criteria by which aluminium consumers could be assured that the product they are buying was responsibly sourced […]
Rio Tinto Aluminium and Bauxite Operations in Australia and Canada Garner First-Ever Performance Standard Certifications
Global standards and certification organization The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the first-ever Performance Standard certification under its new certification process. According to the company, the very first certification under the ASI’s new standards went to two Rio Tinto smelters – one in the Canadian province of Québec, and the other in the Northern […]
Rio Tinto Announces C$250 MM Investment in Vaudreuil Alumina Refinery
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced yesterday its decision to infuse C$250 million (US$199 million) into operations at Québec’s Vaudreuil alumina refinery. Per the firm’s press release, the investment will safeguard not only the plant’s ongoing production, it will also secure the future of those engaged to keep the plant running, which totals approximately […]
Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House to Purchase Aluminium Dunkerque from Rio Tinto for US$500 MM
Rio Tinto’s Aluminium Dunkerque will soon become part of the Liberty House Group family thanks to a binding offer of US$500 million tendered by Sanjeev Gupta’s industrial and metals firm. According to a brief press release issued by Rio Tinto early yesterday, the offer is “subject to final adjustments” and cannot be formally accepted prior […]
China’s Increased Use of Aluminium Beverage Cans to Fuel Demand Growth: Rio Tinto’s Barrios
The second-biggest metals miner on Earth expects demand for aluminium to continue its upward arc, and much of the fuel propelling it will come in the form of aluminium beverage cans produced in the Middle Kingdom. CEO of Rio Tinto Group’s aluminium unit Alf Barrios told Bloomberg in an interview yesterday that the increased adoption […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
