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Rio Tinto
Queensland Government to Subsidise Struggling Smelter Amid Net Zero Transition
The Queensland goverment will ensure the viability of Australia's second-largest aluminium smelter near Gladstone as it transitions to renewable energy.
August 15, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Rio Tinto to Invest $215 Million in Low-Carbon Steelmaking R&D Facility
The new facility in Western Australia is expected to use raw biomass and microwave energy to convert iron ...
June 10, 2024
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Celene Ignacio
Rio Tinto, BHP to Trial Electric Trucks, Decarbonise Mining
The mining giants will work with Caterpillar and Komatsu to conduct independent trials of the battery-electric haul trucks.
May 27, 2024
BY
Celene Ignacio
Rio Tinto, Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation Team up on Renewable Energy Projects
Their first focus will be on the potential development of a solar power generation facility.
October 22, 2023
BY
Celene Ignacio
Energy Giant Moves Quietly to Erase Taiwan
A British-Australian energy giant has chosen to erase Taiwan from its financial statements, deciding instead to list all ...
February 27, 2023
BY
Victoria Kelly-Clark
Solar Ambition ‘Not That Easy’: Mining Giant CEO
Rio Tinto's criticism of Australia's solar power ambition could be answered by using old and new systems to ...
January 20, 2023
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AAP
Energy Giant Not Receiving $450 Million in Compensation for Price Controls: Australian PM
Rio Tinto will get "nothing like" $450 million (US$303 million) in compensation to offset the impact of a ...
December 28, 2022
BY
AAP
Australian Taxpayers to Fund $450 Million Compensation Bill to Queensland Power Plant
Australian taxpayers will be footing a bill of up to $450 million (US$300 million) to compensate for the ...
December 28, 2022
BY
Alfred Bui
Beijing Creates New State-Owned Iron Ore Giant to Weaken Australian Miners
In a bid to gain control over iron ore prices, Beijing has created a new state-owned mineral giant ...
July 21, 2022
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Daniel Y. Teng
No Plans for Investigation Into Rio Tinto Appointment of Ex-China Ambassador: Ethics Commissioner
Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's office says it is not planning to investigate the appointment of former ambassador ...
January 18, 2022
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Noé Chartier
Canadian MPs Seek Probe Into Former China Ambassador’s Rio Tinto Appointment
Canada’s former ambassador to China recently accepted a top appointment with a mining giant which does over half ...
January 11, 2022
BY
Noé Chartier
Departing Canadian Ambassador to China Named Chairman at Rio Tinto
Canada’s outgoing ambassador to China will take up a post as chairman with Australian multinational mining corporation Rio ...
December 20, 2021
BY
Andrew Chen
US House Committee Moves to Block Rio Tinto’s Resolution Mine
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to include language in a wider budget reconciliation package that ...
September 11, 2021
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Reuters
Chinese Demand for Australian Iron Ore Still Booming Despite Trade Tensions
Australian iron ore exporters aren't feeling any effects of Beijing's ongoing economic sanctions against Australian exports, as China’s ...
April 22, 2021
BY
Rebecca Zhu
Pressure Remains on Mining Giant Rio Tinto Over Juukan Blast
Mining giant Rio Tinto will face continued scrutiny after a scathing parliamentary report into the destruction of the ...
December 9, 2020
BY
AAP
Concerns Over Western Australia’s Aboriginal Heritage Bill
Western Australia's (WA) "disappointing" draft Aboriginal heritage legislation won't stop sites like Juukan Gorge from being destroyed in ...
September 29, 2020
BY
AAP
Rio Tinto Bosses Quit After Blast Backlash
The head of global mining giant Rio Tinto and two other executives have resigned after an investor revolt ...
September 10, 2020
BY
AAP
Rio Tinto Ignored Chances to Stop Mining Blast of 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site
Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised for the destruction of an ancient Aboriginal heritage site in Western Australia, ...
August 5, 2020
BY
Alex Joseph
No Indigenous Site Should Be Harmed: Wyatt
Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt has declared no Aboriginal site should ever be damaged, after Rio Tinto destroyed ...
June 7, 2020
BY
AAP
Rio Tinto Mining Firm Apologises for Destroying 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site
Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologized to traditional owners in Western Australia's north after destroying a significant indigenous site ...
May 31, 2020
BY
AAP
Quebec Lock-out Prompts Call for Olympic Boycott of Rio Tinto
Three of Australia’s largest unions have joined Canadian steelworkers in a global campaign to have mining giant Rio ...
April 26, 2012
BY
Justina Reichel
China Tightens State Secrets Law
China's amended Law on "Guarding State Secrets" took effect on Oct.10, 2010. It is part of a broader ...
October 9, 2010
BY
Li Jing
Rio Tinto Exec Stern Hu Needs Diplomatic Pressure to Save Him
Stern Hu, a top executive in Rio Tinto , has apparently admitted to taking bribes. It is likely ...
March 24, 2010
BY
Lillian Chang
Rio Tinto Pulls Out of $19 Billion Chinalco Deal
The biggest deal in both Australian and Chinese corporate histories has collapsed with Anglo-Australian mining giant, Rio Tinto.
June 5, 2009
BY
Shar Adams
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