When Diamonds Are Not Forever

After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines ...
The Economist

A giant iron-ore mine could bring Guinea riches or ruin

For decades it looked as though Simandou’s riches might never be dug up. Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian miner, first won ...
Wall Street Journal

Rio Tinto’s Bacterial Nuton Venture Produces Its First Copper

Gunnison Copper's Johnson Camp mine east of Tucson, Ariz. (Mark Lipczynski for WSJ) Rio Tinto said its Nuton subsidiary, which uses bacteria and acid to extract copper from deposits that are otherwise ...
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Rio Tinto highlights strategic focus amid industry challenges

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Bloomberg L.P.

Rio Tinto Trims Output at Australian Alumina Plant to Cut Costs

Rio Tinto Group will almost halve production at its Yarwun Alumina refinery in Australia as a waste stockpile reaches capacity and the company seeks to cut cost while exploring ways extend the plant’s ...
The Motley Fool

Better Buy: The Metals Company or Rio Tinto?

The Metals Company is a pre-commercial start-up with a plan to tap a new source of metals. Rio Tinto is a very large, established metals mining company with global operations. Rio Tinto pays a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Miner Rio Tinto Mothballs $3 Billion Serbian Lithium Project

Rio Tinto Group has mothballed its $2.95 billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia, the latest in a series of moves under the miner’s new chief executive officer to streamline its operations and cut ...
The New York Times

At Least 64 Dead in Rio de Janeiro as Authorities Crack Down on Drug Gangs

The authorities said the deadliest operation in Rio’s history had killed four police officers and at least 60 other people. It was an attack on “narco-terrorists,” the state governor said. By Ana ...
Wall Street Journal

Rio Tinto to Roll Out New Tech in Hunt For More Metals, More Cheaply

Rio Tinto has signed a five-year deal with Canada’s Ideon Technologies to roll out technology that harnesses subatomic particles created by supernova explosions to help find and map deposits rich in ...
Morningstar

Rio Tinto's New CEO Simplifies Structure, Names Iron Ore Chief — Update

Rio Tinto's new chief executive, Simon Trott, is simplifying the company's structure and shrinking the giant miner's leadership ranks, while elevating the head of its Pilbara mines to run the ...
Power Engineering

Rio Tinto taps GE Vernova to modernize historic hydropower plant

Rio Tinto is making a major investment in the future of clean energy production in Quebec, partnering with GE Vernova to modernize eight turbine-alternator units at its nearly century-old Isle-Maligne ...