Rio Tinto overcomes rocky start to 2021
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.
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Rio Tinto commits to higher Citadel spend
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.
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Rio Tinto increases Paterson Province investment
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.
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Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill strike funding deal for Oyu Tolgoi
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.
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Rio Tinto and Calibre initiate 2021 exploration programme in Nicaragua
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.
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Rio Tinto to produce lithium from Boron mine
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.
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Rio Tinto produces battery-grade lithium from waste rock at US mine
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.
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Rio Tinto hires CSI for Brockman 2 development
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.
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Rio Tinto doubles down on net zero target with Japan
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.
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Rio Tinto’s next chair must navigate between China and Australia
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.
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Rio Tinto faces backlash over former CEO’s exit package
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.
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Rio Tinto employs solar technology to reduce emissions
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.
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Rio Tinto a ‘guest’ on Indigenous land
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.
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Agrimin`s unit signs farm-in deal with Rio Tinto for copper-gold licenses in WA
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.
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Rio Tinto sells first aluminium-scandium alloy to Australia
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.
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Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling
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.
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US judge rejects SEC bid to expand Rio Tinto fraud lawsuit on Mozambique coal business
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.
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Rio Tinto chair steps aside after caves blast
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.
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Rio Tinto disputes Australian tax bill
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
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Rio Tinto chairman to step down in 2022
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.
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Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal
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.
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Rio Tinto bolsters investment in Tom Price
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.
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Rio Tinto’s former boss gets huge payout despite caves blast
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.
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Rio Tinto freight agreement connects Pilbara with Asia
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.
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Rio Tinto still committed to Oyu Tolgoi
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.
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