Australia’s Pilbara Ports said on Friday that Port Hedland, the world’s biggest iron ore export hub, and the Western Australia ports of Ashburton, Cape Preston West, Dampier and Varanus Island were cleared due to the threat of a cyclone. Pilbara Ports said Australia’s weather bureau warned that a tropical low off Western Australia’s coast could […]

The partnership was started in 2023 and is still going strong today, highlighting Rio Tinto workers, local communities, and Québec-made, low-carbon, 100% recyclable aluminium. Rio Tinto today unveiled a new campaign called “Forged here,” which represents the next phase of its collaboration with the Montréal Canadiens. The commercial honours workers who manufacture aluminium made in […]

The U.S. government has agreed a financing deal worth $565 million with Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde, which includes the option to take a minority equity stake, the firm said on Thursday. The deal is part of a wide-ranging package announced on Wednesday by U.S. Vice President JD Vance to create a preferential trade […]

Data lives where people shouldn’t Underground mining has always demanded a difficult trade-off: the most critical data often lies in the dangerous places where people can not access safely. Stopes, ore passes, headings, and old workings hold essential information for production, reconciliation, and geotechnical confidence—yet accessing them safely has remained a persistent challenge. For years, […]

Rio Tinto has brought a new 25-megawatt solar facility online at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah, highlighting a closed-loop critical minerals model where materials produced on site are used to generate the mine’s own clean energy. Notably, the tellurium recovered at Kennecott is a key component in the solar panels now supplying power to […]

Rio Tinto and Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) have entered into a definitive agreement with Votorantim (the “Transaction Agreement”) to acquire, through a joint venture to be owned 33% by Rio Tinto and 67% by Chalco (the “Joint Venture”), Votorantim’s 68.596% controlling shareholding in Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) (the “Transaction”). The Transaction, at […]

Within the highly competitive environment of mineral extraction, it has become the standard context within which key decision-makers operate. The pursuit of economic robustness, where the viability of a project is assured across various possible futures, has shifted from being desirable to being necessary. Current literature has identified two key analytical techniques that mining firms […]

As mining operations expand in scale and complexity, the demand for a stable, high-capacity concrete supply becomes increasingly critical. From haul roads and processing plant foundations to retaining structures and worker facilities, concrete is a core input that directly affects construction schedules and operational continuity. For growing mining businesses, a stationary concrete batching plant is […]

The London Metal Exchange has resumed trading on Friday after a one-hour delay due to technical issues. Trading resumed at 0200 GMT. “Due to a technical issue there is a delay to the opening of LME select,” LME said in an emailed statement to Reuters, referring to its electronic trading platform. The LME, the world’s […]