News Articles for Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto will lay out an eight-decade project roadmap making clear its intentions in the Pilbara to appease cultural and environmental concerns, and ease regulatory delays.

Simon Trott has paid tribute to his Pilbara iron ore team and spoke of his excitement to lead one of the world's largest miners from a C-suite 15,000 kilometres away from his childhood home.

Trigg Minerals has tapped a Washington lobbying firm to shore up government support for its Utah antimony project.

Iron ore production from Rio Tinto's Pilbara mines reached near-record levels after the miner's exports were curtailed by flooding at the start of the year.

Kerman Contracting has won a $170 million contract to design and build non-process infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Hope Downs 2 mine.

Simon Trott has been appointed chief executive of Rio Tinto's global mining operations.

The Prime Minister and Australia's top miners joined Chinese steel giants in Shanghai to defend iron ore trade and drive steel decarbonisation.

Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation has submitted environmental approval plans for a giant wind farm and solar farm just south of Karratha - its second such project in the Pilbara.

Mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto are bracing for a new 50 per cent tariff on copper imports.

A British-owned explorer hopes to add some extra icing to its Pilbara iron ore project as it tries to woo one of its giant neighbours to unlock the deposit.

2024 was a difficult year for most major mining companies – except those focused on gold.

Perth Festival's Nathan Bennett will be stepping down to become chief executive of World Masters Games Perth 2029 early next year, an international multi-sport competition is held every four years

Days before the opening of Rio Tinto's $3.1 billion Western Range iron ore mine, one commodity pricing agency announced a bold change to its reporting metrics.

Neometals, through its partnership with mining services heavyweight Mineral Resources, has inked an agreement with mining giant Rio Tinto to advance its patented lithium processing technology – the ELi process. The company's 70:30 joint venture Reed Advanced Materials has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Rio subsidiary Livent USA to explore the commercialisation of its proprietary process to convert lithium feedstock into high-purity lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

Miners have been warned Pilbara infrastructure will need to be re-engineered to account for increasing frequency and severity of storms.

The environmental watchdog has backed Rio Tinto's expansion of its West Angelas iron ore operation but with conditions to mitigate impacts on Karijini National Park.

Gina Rinehart has lashed net zero as “unobtainable and expensive”, while celebrating Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto's Hope Downs 2 $2.5 billion investment call.

Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has partnered with Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, investing millions of dollars in healthcare services in the state's North West.

Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting will invest $2.47 billion into the development of the joint venture's Hope Downs iron ore asset in the Pilbara.

Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have been named the state's most powerful people, edging out mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest in the 2025 Power 500.

A joint venture comprising some of Australia's largest mining and energy giants will receive $19.8 million from the federal government to aid design of an electric iron smelter in Kwinana.

Fortescue has won the race to be the first iron ore miner to bring a battery-electric train to the Pilbara.

Perth-based VBX will debut on the ASX on Tuesday after raising $10 million.

Pilbara contractor Yurra has won a $66 million contract with Rio Tinto adding to a pipeline of work with Main Roads WA, Woodside and its recycling joint venture with Sims.

A report quantifying the potential scale of a green steel industry in Australia shows a pathway for the iron ore industry to develop.

Rio Tinto's iron ore boss Simon Trott has brushed off suggestions he is eyeing the global chief executive role to be vacated by Jakob Stausholm, as the pair opened a new Pilbara mine today.

Simon Trott, Meg O'Neill, Nigel Satterley, and Vikas Rambal were among those invited by WA Premier Roger Cook to share their ideas to guide the state through Donald Trump's tariff policy.

The Foreign Investment Review Board has waved through the Robe River Joint Venture's bid to acquire the Robe Mesa iron ore project from CZR Resources.

PKKP Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Grant Wilson says its newly signed co-management agreement with Rio Tinto could instill positive mining change in the Pilbara.

Jules Pemberton-led NRW Holdings has announced a contract win, valued at around $157 million.

The WA government will review parts of its Aboriginal cultural heritage protection frameworks, two years after a high-profile backflip on a failed attempt to modernise the system.

OPINION: Former premier Brian Burke warns that iron ore developments abroad could have meaningful implications for the state economy.

Kalgoorlie-born mining services contractor MLG Oz has secured its maiden contact with iron ore heavyweight Rio Tinto, building on its profile in the Pilbara.

Rio Tinto's global chief executive Jakob Stausholm will leave the mining giant by the end of the year, in a move which will shake up management at WA's largest iron ore producer.

Premier Roger Cook and Rio Tinto's Simon Trott have each weighed in after Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest warned China would look away from the Pilbara in pursuit of greener iron.

Rio Tinto has been selected to form a lithium-based joint venture with Chile-based Codelco, as it eyes further value across its critical minerals portfolio.

This spring, over 150 artists from Busselton to Augusta will throw open the doors to their usually private creative spaces over 16 days.

Up to seven sites in the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre area could be used for further development, including a hotel, as Rio Tinto eyes a move into the redeveloped space.

Government House official secretary Howard Gretton will lead the Western Australian team at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, having been appointed state manager at the national broadcaster.

Rio Tinto says it will spend $20 billion in the Pilbara over the next three years as the Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation questions the board on claims of underpayments and inaction.