News Articles for Rio Tinto

Monadelphous has secured $200 million in construction and maintenance contracts including with mining majors BHP and Rio Tinto.

Swire Shipping has become the fifth shipping line to commence a direct service into the Pilbara, adding to a trend that will substantially reduce road haulage.

Hot on the heels of this week's earlier announcement that Glencore has agreed to pump A$14.4m into Hot Chili in return for a 9.99 per cent equity stake, Hot Chili has surprised the market with further news that it plans to raise $40 million to move to full ownership of its massive Cortadera copper-gold deposit. Hot Chili stock soared immediately by almost 20 per cent on the news.

The mining industry is turning green, but ‘old' sectors like gold and iron ore are still attracting keen support.

Changing market conditions pose a threat to China's manufacturing sector.

Rio Tinto will return $US9.1 billion in dividends after recording its most profitable six months on the back of surging iron ore prices.

Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has joined one of WA's largest Aboriginal corporations as an independent director.

Rio Tinto has committed to developing a project in Serbia that it expects will be the biggest lithium supplier in Europe for 15 years.

Listed contractor NRW Holdings has secured new work from Rio Tinto and its subsidiary, Hamersley Iron, worth a combined $86.5 million.

From Pilbara driverless trains to rapid virus testing, WA minds have created innovative technology.

Avicena Systems, Vix Technology and East Metropolitan Health Service were among the winners at the annual Incite Awards for WA tech.

ASX-listed mining technology company K2fly has laid out plans for an executive changing of the guard with Chief Commercial Officer and veteran industry leader Nic Pollock to take the helm as Chief Executive Officer from the start of September this year. Current CEO Brian Miller says he remains committed to the company and will continue as an Executive Director.

AGL Energy will give investors a say on reducing carbon emissions but some argue the energy provider needs to do more.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry has declared the mining giant is in great shape after a strong quarterly report showed good results on production and costs.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has been hit by a range of major operational challenges caused by skilled labour shortages, Aboriginal heritage management, and heavy rain.

Lucrative top-tier mining assets have mostly gone in Australia, so workers need to be flexible to help make new investment possible, mining giants have warned.

Aboriginal businesses are hitting resistance when they chase work outside their own country.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Trent Bartlett, Susan Male, Isabelle Deschamps, Craig Amos, Ella Dachs, Rachael Whitworth, Mark Hyde, Jennifer Tropiano, Mandee de Reus, Mary Roseingrave, Ching Yee Tan and Colin Judd.

St George Mining is off to a flying start in its copper-gold search in the “world-class” Paterson region of Western Australia with multiple holes from its maiden drilling campaign at its Paterson prospect hitting prospective basement rocks. Initial XRF analysis has returned elevated levels of pathfinder elements suggesting potential for base metal and gold mineralisation across 35km of target stratigraphy at the company's tenure.

Valor Resources has bumped up its uranium exploration acreage in the mighty Athabasca Basin region in central Canada to 986 square kilometres by acquiring five new projects, including one along strike from Rio Tinto's Janice Lake property. The Athabasca Basin has historically produced about 20 per cent of global primary uranium supply and hosts the world's highest-grade uranium mine at Cigar Lake.

Rio Tinto has suspended its mineral sands operations in South Africa, as violence at the coastal Richards Bay mine site continues.

Rio Tinto has been criticised for allowing Aboriginal heritage artefacts collected at its giant Marandoo mine to be dumped at a Darwin rubbish tip in the 1990s.

Top officials from the mining industry have come together to affirm their support for clamping down on sexual assault in the workplace as allegations of misconduct roil the sector.

Two reports this week have highlighted concerns that commodity prices have peaked, with UBS saying iron ore is approaching an inflection point and set to fall sharply.

Engineering and construction company Monadelphous has won a number of new contracts including work on major iron ore projects Gudai-Darri and Iron Bridge.

China's not the only game in town, as recent moves in the resources sector demonstrate.

Our board moves wrap includes Amber Stanton, Michael Naylor, Richard Steenhof, and Peter Cunningham.

Resources giant Rio Tinto is set to trial the use of hydrogen to replace natural gas in a bid to cut emissions from an alumina plant in Queensland.

Our board moves wrap includes Michael Tomasz, Hugh Callaghan, Jamie Myers, Alison Laws, Mitchell Wells, Ben Wyatt, Ian Tan-Kang, Darren Holden, and Ian Murray.

Ben Wyatt has quickly become one of Western Australia's busiest and most senior board directors, with global mining giant Rio Tinto appointing him as a non-executive director.

The mining sector is the largest supporter of indigenous businesses in Australia, but the contribution of the big miners is highly variable.

Perth-based power and telecommunications company GenusPlus Group has made its first acquisition since listing on the ASX, as well as secured a $60 million contract with Rio Tinto.

Former Rio Tinto iron ore boss Chris Salisbury has joined the board of potash company BCI Minerals as a non-executive director.

Rio Tinto's blasting of the sacred Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being marked by traditional owners on the first anniversary of the destruction.

Where will dozens of departing members of state parliament find themselves in the months ahead?

Fifty Perth-based companies and organisations - including education institutions, numerous local startups and not for profits and mining giants have been announced as finalists for the INCITE Award

Rights afforded to traditional owners and custodians are not being upheld due to deficiencies in the legislation, an inquiry has heard.

Iron ore majors BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale have launched a global competition for tech innovators, aimed at developing new concepts to electrify the mining industry's substantial haul truck fleet.

Innovation should be embraced, not feared.

A majority of Rio Tinto shareholders have voted against adoption of the company's remuneration report while a large minority opposed the re-election of director Megan Clark.