Rio Tinto news

Fleet Space has announced a series of partnerships with innovators mDetect, Nomad Atomics, and DeteQt, expanding the technology frontier of the global mining industry.

Rio Tinto is investing in an industrial demonstration project to assess the integration of an ore sorting technology at its Lac Tio mine located in Havre-Saint-Pierre.

Rio Tinto and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project.

Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25 MW solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, USA.

Rio Tinto will partner with China’s State Power Investment Corporation to demonstrate battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia.

Fleet Space Technologies has announced an ongoing collaboration with Rio Tinto to advance exploration at their Rincon Lithium Project in Argentina.

Founders Factory and Rio Tinto have selected six startups as part of their Mining Tech Accelerator, to find breakthrough technologies promoting sustainability in the mining industry.

Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire Arcadium Lithium, a lithium chemicals producer.

Rio Tinto will develop Pongamia seed farms in Australia as part of a new biofuels pilot for the use of renewable diesel in their mining operations.

Rio Tinto Gove has implemented Rhosonics’ slurry density meter technology at its alumina extraction facility in Australia.