Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has experienced a tumultuous start to 2021, with cyclone warnings, Indigenous heritage site controversy and restricted labour availability impacting its operations.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 12:41:48

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has increased its 2021 exploration budget for the Citadel copper-gold project, a joint venture with junior Antipa Minerals, in Western Australia’s Paterson Province.

Monday, April 12, 2021 - 11:38:46 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has increased its stake in the Citadel joint venture (JV) with Antipa Minerals in Western Australia, after solely funding more than $25 million in the gold-copper project.

Monday, April 12, 2021 - 1:12:10 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto and its majority-owned Turquoise Hill Resources have reached a deal that ends a standoff between the companies over funding for an expansion of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.

Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 1:16:23 PM

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Mining News Pro - Calibre Mining said on Thursday that it had launched the 2021 exploration programme at the Borosi project, held under an earn-in option agreement with Rio Tinto.

Friday, April 9, 2021 - 5:21:37 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has started recovering battery-grade lithium from 90-year-old waste piles at the Boron borate operation in California, the United States.

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 1:00:26 PM

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Mining News Pro - Diversified major Rio Tinto has started production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine in California.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 8:32:28 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has awarded a contract to CSI Mining Services for the development of the Lens A/B pit at the Brockman 2 iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 1:06:37 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has intensified its efforts to decarbonise by 2050 by joining Japan’s Green Value Chain (GVC) Platform Network to achieve scope one, two and three emissions reductions targets.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 12:42:48 PM

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Mining News Pro - It could be the toughest job in mining. Whoever replaces Simon Thompson as chairperson of Rio Tinto Group will face a raft of complex and problematic global issues — not least relations with its biggest customer and shareholder, China.

Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 9:02:44 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto is braced for an investor revolt after handing £7.2 million ($9.9m) to its former CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques, who was forced to leave over the fallout of the destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves last year.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 6:44:31 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto is exploring the use of solar technology to cut its global carbon emissions by partnering with renewable energy technology company, Heliogen.

Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 1:18:20 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto is set to form an Indigenous Advisory Group that will point out gaps in the company’s current cultural heritage protocols.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 1:14:20 PM

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Mining News Pro - Fertiliser developer Agrimin Ltd said on Friday its unit had signed a farm-in deal with Rio Tinto for sale of up to a 75% stake in five copper-gold licenses it holds in the West Arunta region of Western Australia.

Friday, March 12, 2021 - 12:58:48 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has sold its first batch of aluminium-scandium alloy to Australian metal additive manufacturer Amaero, which will be supplied from the Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Canada.

Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 12:13:54 PM

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Mining News Pro - Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX, NYSE: TRQ) announced on Thursday that its chief executive officer Ulf Quellmann is leaving the company after majority-owner Rio Tinto told the Canadian miner that it planned to vote against his re-election at the annual shareholders’ meeting in May.

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 11:23:58 PM

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Mining News Pro - AUS judge on Wednesday quashed a bid to widen the scope of a civil lawsuit by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that accused miner Rio Tinto of fraud at its Mozambican coal business, a court filing showed.

Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 1:38:52 PM

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Mining News Pro - Mining major Rio Tinto chairperson Simon Thompson has informed the board that he would not be seeking re-election as a nonexecutive director at the company’s 2022 annual general meeting.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 1:22:01 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto plans to argue a $406.5 million tax bill from the Australian Taxation Office following its denial of reductions in interest from money borrowed in 2015

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:49:42 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has signalled he will step down from his role due to the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters in Western Australia.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:42:03 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto and the Mongolian government are said to have reached a new agreement governing the $6.75 billion expansion of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the Gobi Desert.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 10:33:47 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has spent over $500 million to develop the Greater Tom Price iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Monday, March 1, 2021 - 12:30:16 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto’s former chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques and other two executives forced to leave the company after the destruction of sacred rock shelters in Western Australia closed out 2020 with substantial payouts.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 1:13:30 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto will be able to ship its Western Australian iron ore directly to Singapore thanks to a new commercial freight shipping service.

Friday, February 19, 2021 - 12:29:54 PM

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Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto remains committed to the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, CEO Jakob Stausholm said on Wednesday during the group’s year-end results call.

Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 9:57:41 PM

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