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(Reuters) -Rio Tinto has been holding talks to buy lithium miner Arcadium, three sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said, a deal that would make Rio the third-largest producer of ...
Rio Tinto in July committed $2.4 billion to its Jadar project as global miners push into metals needed for the green energy transition, including lithium, which is used to make electric vehicle ...
Damage caused to an Aboriginal rock shelter by mining giant Rio Tinto in August underscores the need for better heritage protection laws and a greater say for Indigenous groups promised in this ...
Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). [3] It was founded in 1873 when a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish government.
In July 2024, a series of environmental protests began in Serbia against the Jadar mine, a European Union–backed and Serbian government-approved lithium mining project. The project was proposed by Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto to develop Europe's largest lithium mine in the West Serbian region of Jadar, causing significant backlash due to its potential environmental damage and exploitation of ...
The Tinto river, after which the company was named, runs rust-colored into the ocean, tinted by minerals. In 1873, the mines were bought by English bidders — who created a consortium for its exploitation — from the government of the First Republic (practically saved from bankruptcy by this sale) for 94,000,000 pesetas.
Rio Tinto declined to comment. An Alcoa spokesperson pointed to comments from CEO William Oplinger from a results call last week that flagged the potential for "wide ranging effects on supply ...
Kennecott Land was established by Rio Tinto in April 2001 to develop surplus mining land. Daybreak Community , the first part of the process, is situated on 4,126 acres (1,670 ha; 16.70 km 2 ) in the city of South Jordan where 20,000 homes and up to 14,000,000 square feet (1,300,000 m 2 ) of commercial space are planned.