Rio Tinto To Supply BMW With Proprietary Zero-Carbon Aluminium
Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group has agreed to supply German automaker BMW AG with low-carbon aluminium this week. Rio Tinto will...
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Rio Tinto Becomes First Large Mining Firm To Publish Site-Specific Water Data
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group took the opportunity of World Water Day 2023 to release detailed information on the yearly surface water usage its operations across almost three dozen countries in map form on its website. The map, which may be...
Rio Tinto Partners With Marubeni To Increase Aluminium Sustainability In Japan
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group is teaming up with Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation on a collaboration...
Rio Tinto Praises Australian Government’s New Carbon Emissions Reduction Policy
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group praised the Australian government’s new emissions-reduction policy last week for the support it will...
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Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals, Boliden Partner On Mine Tailing Reduction Projects
Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group has teamed up with OZ Minerals and Boliden to develop new methods for reusing mining tailings, including those from bauxite mining. The program, which is entitled the Think & Act Differently (TAD) incubator initiative, will support those working on projects for reusing, reducing, or eliminating mining tailings. The initiative […]
Industrial Action “Imminent” At Rio Tinto’s Gove Bauxite Mine After Labor Negotiations Stall
Workers at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite mining operations in Australia are warning that industrial action is imminent after negotiations on a new labor deal have stalled. Although the labor union did not specify what such industrial actions would be undertaken, what is clear is that the labor force, which the union says has not received […]
Rio Tinto Joins First Movers Coalition To Aid In Achieving Zero-Carbon Aluminium
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said last week it will join the First Movers Coalition in an effort at continuing its progress to bringing zero-carbon aluminium and other metals to market at affordable prices. Rio Tinto joins more than four dozen companies with a combined market value of around US$8.5 trillion. Members on five […]
Rio Tinto And Volvo Partner On Low-Carbon Aluminium Supply Agreement
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group and Sweden’s Volvo Group have signed an agreement to establish a partnership for the supply of low-carbon aluminium and other metals products in exchange for assistance with establishing a sustainable self-piloted system for hauling such metals. The Memorandum of Understanding will help Rio Tinto meet its sustainability commitments while […]
Rio Tinto Plans US$29 MM Addition Of Scrap Aluminium Recycling Facility At Arvida Plant In Quebec
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced this week a US$29 million capex to build a new aluminium recycling plant at its Arvida facility in Quebec. The project will make Rio Tinto the first of North America’s primary aluminium producers to use recycled post-consumer aluminium in the production of aluminium alloys. The firm says the […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
