A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring land to Rio Tinto and BHP for their Resolution copper mine in Arizona, citing the Supreme Court’s ongoing deliberations in the complex case, reported Reuters. Full story.
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Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining have signed the final joint venture agreements to deliver the Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia following a December announcement of the partnership. Under the agreements, Rio Tinto will continue to develop and operate Winu, and Sumitomo will pay Rio Tinto up to $430.4 million for a 30% equity share of the project. This…
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Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine has been awarded the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Environmental Excellence Award for its solar power plant – the largest off-grid solar installation in Canada’s territories. Full story.
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Thanks to an investment of A$150 million to purchase 100 locally built rail cars, Rio Tinto is helping to boost domestic manufacturing in Western Australia through a partnership with Gemco Rail and CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co. The miner said Gemco Rail is using advanced engineering and manufacturing expertise, alongside robotic welding technologies, to create rail cars that will each…
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Rio Tinto has discovered one of the largest gem-quality yellow diamonds ever in Canada from its Diavik mine in the remote Northwest Territories of Canada. Full story.
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Rio Tinto, in collaboration with the University of Queensland, has marked the official launch of the South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute (SGUMMI) with a visit by the president of Mongolia to the Oyu Tolgoi mine. The miner said the institute offers a comprehensive, world-class training program designed for both local and international mining professionals, utilizing the Oyu Tolgoi copper…
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Rio Tinto and Edify Energy have signed two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements to increase the supply of reliable energy to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone aluminium operations in central Queensland.
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With the end goal of extending the life of the mine and sustaining production across its iron ore portfolio, Rio Tinto announced it has invested US$1.8 billion to develop the Brockman 1 mine project extension (BS1). The project has received all of its needed state and federal governmental approvals, and is being developed by the company alongside the Puutu Kunti…
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Rio Tinto said it has resumed operations at its East Intercourse Island (EII) facility at Dampier Port in Western Australia after being offline for over five weeks due to Tropical Cyclone Sean. A railcar dumper at the port facility was flooded when the cyclone delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline in late January. The miner said dumper…
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Rio Tinto said it has completed a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines. The four-week trial, a first for the miner in Australia, was conducted in partnership with global renewable diesel producer Neste and Australian fuel supplier Viva Energy. It provided Rio Tinto with a greater understanding of how renewable diesel could…
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