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Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto sign updated Native Title Agreement

The jointly developed agreement was guided by KNAC’s Agreement Review Committee, supported by Common Law Holders, and ...
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Rio Tinto strengthens support for organisations responding to gender-based violence across Canada

Since 2020, Rio Tinto has provided $2.335 million in funding for this initiative in Canada, supporting organisations such as SOS violence conjugale.
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Rio Tinto to reduce production at Yarwun Alumina Refinery to extend operational life

Rio Tinto will reduce production at the Yarwun Alumina Refinery in Gladstone by 40 per cent from October 2026, to extend the operation’s life until 2035 and allow time to explore further ...
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Turning challenges into success

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Rio Tinto is reaffirming its commitment to addressing domestic and family violence by extending support to ...
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Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment report released

MELBOURNE, Australia - As a member of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) Oversight Committee, Rio Tinto today welcomed the release of the PMLIA report as a critical step forward in ...
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BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto select WA for Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace pilot plant study

PERTH, Australia -- Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s largest ...
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ELYSIS achieves breakthrough with commercial-size cell: a first in aluminium production using the inert anode technology

MONTRÉAL, Canada — ELYSIS is proud to announce the successful start-up of its 450 kiloampere (kA) designed inert anode cell at the end of an existing potline at the Rio Tinto smelter in Alma, Québec, ...
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Long-term future for New Zealand’s Tiwai Point aluminium smelter secured with new power deals

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) has signed 20-year electricity arrangements that secure the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to continue ...
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Rio Tinto Kennecott completes construction of solar power plant

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Rio Tinto has completed construction on a new 5-megawatt solar power plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah. The 12,800 solar panel power plant will be commissioned in ...
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Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting to invest $1.6 billion to develop the Hope Downs 2 project in Western Australia’s Pilbara

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting will invest $1.6 1 billion (Rio Tinto share $0.8 billion) to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia’s ...
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Rio Tinto invests $16m in Makira Natural Park REDD+ Project in Madagascar

BAKU, Azerbaijan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has committed $16 million to the Makira Natural Park REDD+ 1 Project in northern Madagascar, through a new partnership with the Wildlife Conservation ...