Rio Tinto Begins Shutdown Of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said yesterday it will be winding down production operations at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters...
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group released production and financial results for the second quarter yesterday. Though bauxite ore and alumina production rose in the quarter, production cuts stunted the firm’s aluminium production in that period. In the previous quarter Rio Tinto...
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said yesterday it will be winding down production operations at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters...
Anglo-Australian mining behemoth Rio Tinto said last week it has identified a process to extract scandium from mining waste for...
Citing price instability and the rising cost of electrical power to the plant, the operators of New Zealand’s Tiwai Point...
Anglo-Australian mining behemoth Rio Tinto Group and Quebec’s aluminium equipment provider STAS jointly announced last week a partnership to commercialize advanced compact filtration technology (ACF) for aluminium cast houses. The ACF technology, which was developed by Rio Tinto, will be manufactured and marketed by STAS to buyers throughout the world. ACF technology is the result […]
American technological company Apple Inc. announced earlier this week its inaugural purchase of carbon-free aluminium from Alcoa Corp and Rio Tinto Group joint venture Elysis. Apple says the initial purchase will ship later this month from Alcoa’s Pittsburgh research facility. The aluminium is destined for use in Apple products, though the firm declined to identify […]
A week-long rail strike in Canada prompted world’s biggest mining firm Rio Tinto Group to declare force majeure on all aluminium shipments originating from the dominion. Though the strike crippled the Canadian National Railway system, the Teamsters union came to a working agreement with CN to stop the strike and allow normal rail service to […]
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group is taking GFG Alliance to arbitration after the firm said Sanjeev Gupta’s company has yet to make the final payment for the purchase of Rio Tinto’s Dunkerque aluminium smelter. “Rio Tinto confirms it has triggered an arbitration process in relation to the sale of the Dunkerque aluminium smelter, France, […]
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group released results for the first half of 2019 late last week. The firm’s aluminium business was stable from an operational perspective in the opening half, but price declines took their toll on the segment. In the year’s first half Rio Tinto saw a 1-percent bump in bauxite ore production […]
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