Rio Tinto’s New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) in Tiwai Point will continue to operate until December 31, 2024 after reaching an electricity agreement with Meridian Energy, the producer said on Wednesday January 13.

Brazilian alumina exports grew by 62.24% year on year in August on higher shipments, in particular from northeastern Maranhão state, where the Alumar refinery is located, according to data published by the economy ministry on Monday September 5.

There’s widespread agreement that the London Metal Exchange nickel contract is broken, but little consensus on how to get it going again.

Rio Tinto is considering a move into industrial-scale scandium oxide production after developing a pilot plant and seeing strong interest in the market, the company said this week.

Leading mining companies have recently expanded their exposure to copper via acquisitions rather than through greenfield investments, but new projects are needed to feed an expected rise in demand amid global energy transition trends, market experts have told Fastmarkets

Rio Tinto's lithium-borate Jadar project in Serbia is progressing to the feasibility study stage, the company said on Thursday July 30.

Rio Tinto is planning to step into the lithium industry in the United States following the booming prospects for the new energy vehicles (NEVs) sector.

Rio Tinto has cut its 2020 copper production guidance due to the Covid-19 pandemic and an earthquake last month at its Kennecott operations in the US state of Utah.

Rio Tinto has further cut its 2020 production guidance for refined copper, by about 16%, after delays to the restart of the smelter at its Kennecott mine in Utah in the United States, the company said this week.

Australian iron ore major Rio Tinto and China’s steel giant Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) have completed their first paperless, yuan-denominated iron ore deal, underlying both the increasing digitization of iron ore trades and importance of the Chinese currency, DBS Bank, which was one of the enablers of the deal, said on Tuesday May 12.