Its roles Owner Investor / Financier
Rio Tinto plc is the UK-listed company of the Rio Tinto Group, a global mining and metals producer with a dual-listed structure (London and Australia). The group explores, mines, processes and markets iron ore, bauxite and alumina, primary aluminium, copper, and a range of industrial minerals, operating across the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
For the chemical value chain, Rio Tinto supplies critical mineral inputs and intermediates. These include titanium dioxide feedstocks and metal through its Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium operations; borates and boric acid via U.S. Borax; industrial salt from Western Australia; alumina and aluminium from refineries and smelters in Australia and Canada; and by-products such as sulfuric acid and molybdenum from its copper business (e.g., Kennecott). The group is also advancing lithium and scandium projects to support battery and specialty materials markets. Headquartered in London for the plc entity, with significant operational hubs in Australia and North America, Rio Tinto focuses on large-scale, long-life assets supplying materials essential to manufacturing, construction and chemical processing.
Also known as Rio Tinto Group.
chemXplore tracks 5 projects involving Rio Tinto, of which 5 are active.
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2 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.
Projects target low‑carbon iron feedstock, a 5 GW European solar cell and module factory, and biogenic CO₂-to-e‑methane systems, advancing to industrial-scale deployment.
Affiliate partnership links RotoDynamic Heater technology with major miners, alumina producers and research bodies to trial electrified calcination and speed decarbonisation.
Industry investment and policy support sustain demonstrations across blast‑furnace retrofits, DRI–ESF, and electrochemical routes while economics and infrastructure shape deployment timing.
Funding backs modernization to cut emissions and improve energy efficiency; two SRF-backed projects ($135M) target carbon anodes and bath-covering particle size, due 2027.
Two fatalities at operations; copper output fell amid planned grade declines, maintenance and weather; Jansen Stage 1 is 87% complete and on track for mid‑2027 start; copper prices ~50% higher YoY.
Appointment effective after AGM on 12 May 2026. Outgoing chair Trond Berger to step down. Committee also nominated Martina Merz and Ivar Vatne; John Thuestad and Tove Feld not standing for re-election.
Constable retires after 44 years. Hackett, with extensive governance experience, will lead the board, aiming to continue Fluor's growth and stakeholder confidence.
Worley will construct a primary crusher, conveyor, infrastructure, and camp for the BS1 project, extending Brockman's life and processing 34 Mtpa of iron ore by 2027.
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