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...
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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 offer to the country’s heavy industries, including bauxite mining. Australia’s new policy will begin on July 1 and require the country’s most...
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...
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...
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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 […]
Rio Tinto Receives Multiple Offers For Wind, Solar Power Project For Australian Alumina And Aluminium Operations
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said last week that it has received many offers to build wind and solar farms in Australia intended to sustainably power its various alumina and aluminium operations there. Rio Tinto is actively soliciting offers to build 4 gigawatts of electrical production capacity in Queensland and has so far seen […]
Rio Tinto and Ford To Collaborate On Stronger Supply Of Low-Carbon Aluminium And Other Sustainable Materials
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group and American automaker Ford Motor Company have partnered to work together on developing more sustainable and secure supply chains for low-carbon raw materials, including low-carbon aluminium, to be used in Ford’s automotive offerings. According to Rio Tinto, the two firms will combine to increase the amount of low-carbon aluminium […]
Rio Tinto Plans US$188 MM Capacity Boost To Alma Aluminium Smelter In Quebec
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said this week it plans a US$188 million expansion of low-carbon aluminium billet production at its Alma aluminium smelter in Quebec. The proposed expansion would boost the plant’s overall production by 202 thousand metric tons per annum. Rio Tinto’s expansion at the Alma aluminium smelter will include a new […]
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 ...
