Rio Tinto Group

Rio Tinto’s Aluminium Production Rises By 9 Percent In 2023’s First Half

Rio Tinto’s Aluminium Production Rises By 9 Percent In 2023’s First Half

Anglo-Australian mining titan Rio Tinto Group released operational and financial results for the front half of 2023 late last month. For the first half of 2023, Rio Tinto produced 25.6 million metric tons of bauxite ore, which was off by 8 percent...

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Rio Tinto And Sumitomo To Partner On Hydrogen Pilot Plant At Gladstone Alumina

Rio Tinto And Sumitomo To Partner On Hydrogen Pilot Plant At Gladstone Alumina

In an effort at reducing its carbon footprint, Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation are teaming up on a groundbreaking hydrogen plant to power the Gladstone alumina refinery. Earlier this year the Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program was awarded a A$321 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), […]

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Rio Tinto Plans US$1.1 Billion Expansion At Complexe Jonquière In Quebec

Rio Tinto Plans US$1.1 Billion Expansion At Complexe Jonquière In Quebec

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced a US$1.1 billion (CAN$1.4 billion) investment in expanding its Complexe Jonquière aluminium smelter in Quebec. The investment will involve modernizing the AP60 aluminium smelter with new low-carbon aluminium smelting equipment. The improvements to the AP60 line will occur as potrooms at its Arvida aluminium smelter at the same […]

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Rio Tinto Starts Construction On C$240 MM Expansion At Alma Aluminium Smelter

Rio Tinto Starts Construction On C$240 MM Expansion At Alma Aluminium Smelter

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group announced the beginning of construction of 202 thousand metric tons per annum of low-carbon, high-value aluminium billet at its Alma aluminium smelter in Quebec. The C$240 million project will involve the addition of new cutting-edge equipment including furnaces, a casting pit, coolers, handling, inspection, sawing and packaging systems. Rio […]

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Rio Tinto Becomes First Large Mining Firm To Publish Site-Specific Water Data

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 found here, shows permitted surface water allocation volumes, the annual allocation usage, and […]

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Rio Tinto To Supply BMW With Proprietary Zero-Carbon Aluminium

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 be supplying BMW’s production plant in South Carolina with ELYSIS carbon-free primary aluminium from Canada under the agreement. Rio Tinto’s carbon-free aluminium is produced using a process in which no carbon is emitted. Rather, ELYSIS […]

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