Explore the latest updates on Rio Tinto copper production, including its ambitious targets for 2025 and 2026.

Global mining major Rio Tinto has sharpened its focus on lithium, betting not just on traditional hard rock or brine evaporation but on an emerging technology that could reshape the industry - direct lithium extraction (DLE)

Over a decade since its first attempt, Glencore appears to have taken another tilt at Rio Tinto.

Tariffs are creating a short-term period of volatility, but are not shifting conviction on the long-term fundamentals of the copper market, the chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Copper has said

Iron ore markets face major shifts as an oversupply looms in 2025, driven by weak demand from Chinese steel mills and changing pricing trends. Key players like Vale and Rio Tinto are tackling challenges such as fluctuating shipments, blending practices in China, and a competitive global market.

The agreement, valued at about $6.7 billion, has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to close in mid-2025 subject to an Arcadium shareholder vote, according to joint announcement published on Wednesday. “This feels like a significant moment for lithium and shows how far the market has come in recent […]

The price and laycan of a fixed-price Pilbara Blend fines transaction concluded on a public platform were erroneously recorded in the trade log in these indices’ rationale. The trade log entry has been corrected as follows:Rio Tinto, Beijing Iron Trading Center (COREX), 170,000 tonnes of 61% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, traded at $103.70 per tonne, […]

Rio Tinto will install carbon-free aluminium smelting cells at its Arvida smelter in Quebec, Canada, using the first technology license issued by ELYSIS, the company announced on Friday June 28

Trafigura chief executive officer Richard Holtum's closing message onstage at the LME metals seminar was that processing capacity was more important than mining for national security

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its price indices for MB-IRO-0008 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao and for MB-IRO-0191 61% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao, which was published incorrectly on Friday October 31. The price of a floated-price Pilbara Blend fines transaction heard through market survey were erroneously recorded in the trade log part of rationale […]