News Articles for Rio Tinto

Japanese giant Sumitomo Metal Mining has forked out $615m for a stake in Rio Tinto's big Western Australian copper discovery.

Leichhardt Industrial Group's $375 million purchase of Rio Tinto's Lake MacLeod salt project near Carnarvon has been completed.

Rio Tinto has substantially reduced the scale of two major iron ore projects in the Pilbara to progress environmental approvals and gain backing from traditional owners.

Mining, government and supermarkets continue to dominate WA's jobs figures despite upheaval in some sectors.

It has been a long time since big investors started spruiking plans for new salt projects in the north-west.

Rio Tinto will move to full control of Energy Resources of Australia, taking its full allocation of an entitlement offer which will bring its stake in the Ranger uranium project owner to 98 per cent.

Rio Tinto has published the findings of its workplace culture review, which showed staff still experienced unacceptable and harmful behaviours.

Low water triggers at an aquifer critical to the Pilbara's development have been breached, according to Traditional Owners, due to water abstraction and low rainfall.

The union movement has accused the state’s mining lobby of “hyper-aggressive” campaigning against its activities in the Pilbara, while warning of an extreme politics push among bl

A Pilbara Aboriginal corporation has accused the WA government of mismanaging an aquifer critical to a national park and Karratha's drinking water supply.

Iron ore miner Rio Tinto is pressing ahead with development of a pilot plant south of Perth to test the merits of local green iron production.

Perth company Wright Prospecting has reported another massive profit as its low-key owners reap the benefits of an iron ore royalties deal negotiated more than 50 years ago.

After several barnstorming years for the commodity markets that fuel WA's economy, headwinds buffeting most sectors are growing.

WA's Aboriginal affairs minister has refused a section 18 application for a proposed iron ore mine at the centre of a spat between its backer and traditional owners.

Antipa Minerals has finalised the $17 million cash sale of its non-controlling stake in the Citadel joint venture project with Rio Tinto Exploration.

Pilbara ore shipments have remained comparable to 2023, while progress at Simandou has boosted Rio Tinto's Guinea workforce.

Fleetwood has struck a deal with the contractor building Perdaman's $6.4 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula to house staff at its Karratha workforce camp.

A $5 billion desalination plant mooted for a remote patch of Pilbara coastline has garnered interest from BP.

With burgeoning expectations for a new lithium wave to soon appear on the horizon, Chariot Corporation – the biggest lithium landowner in the US – has made a strategy shift at its Black Mountain project in Wyoming to get ready for the ride. The plan is to take advantage of Wyoming's unique mining regulations in order to scale a future mine in line with the lithium market.

The iron ore miner is believed to have narrowed its search for a new headquarters from five sites to two.

Rio Tinto is boasting the world's largest lithium resource base and major growth options after striking a counter-cyclical $US6.7 billion ($A9.9 billion) deal to buy Arcadium Lithium.

Rio Tinto has confirmed it approached battery metals miner Arcadium Lithium over a potential acquisition, as lithium prices hover at a cyclical low.

Six Perth nature startups are set to share in seed funding and expert support as part of a global tech accelerator, set to run its first Australian program in Perth.

WA's Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

A Chinese stimulus package announced yesterday afternoon designed to spark property investment has resulted in a $21.4-billion boost to WA’s iron ore players on the stock exchange.Mineral

The Takeovers Panel has opted to steer clear of intervening in Energy Resources of Australia's $880 million offer, which could give Rio Tinto full control of the uranium miner.

Luxury WA jeweller Linneys has revealed its new project, with Argyle pink diamonds used in the creation of three quokkas valued at more than $500,000 each.

Rio Tinto will test a native tree's suitability as a biodiesel crop in Queensland to offset carbon emissions from its Pilbara mines.

Significant copper-antimony assays from Aruma Resources' Fiery Creek project near Mount Isa in Queensland have sent the company's share price flying on the back of its biggest-ever intraday trading volumes. A surface sampling program at the project has revealed high-grade copper assays alongside significant grades of up to 1 per cent antimony, which is currently a hot commodity on the ASX.

More than a month after appointing a new CEO, exploration company Caprice Resources has increased its presence in the West Arunta region.

Xanadu Mines has revealed a significant increase in the mineral resource estimate for its flagship Kharmagtai copper-gold project in Mongolia, reporting a 463,000-tonne increase in contained copper and a 746,000-ounce rise in contained gold. The boost has been driven by both the results of new drilling at the White Hill deposit and a refined pit design generated as part of the company's current prefeasibility studies.

Monadelphous Group’s bright start to the 2025 financial year has continued, inking a further $340 million worth of contracts.

Rio Tinto has awarded a $23 million contract to engineer EVZ to build its $395 million desalination plant in Dampier.

A heavy rail research centre has opened in Karratha ahead of the anticipated launch of a manufacturing facility in the Pilbara city by the end of the year.

Aruma Resources has acquired three new projects featuring copper and uranium in South Australia and Queensland, adding to the company's three-project rare earths and lithium portfolio in Western Australia. The new projects include the Wilan iron oxide-copper-gold-uranium project on SA's Olympic Dam doorstep and the Queensland-based Fiery Creek copper play and Bortala copper operation that both sit within the State's Mt Isa region.

Energy Resources of Australia has begun proceedings in the Federal Court against in relation to the Northern Territory government’s decision not to renew the Jabiluka mineral lease.

Noel Pearson's appointment this week to the board of Fortescue has lifted the number of Aboriginal people on major ASX boards to a grand total of five, with most in WA.

Mining heavyweight Rio Tinto has posted a $US5.8 billion half-year profit, but its iron ore earnings took a hit partly due to the automatous train collision in May.

BHP has toasted record iron ore and copper production in a boost to the mining giant after a week to forget for the company's nickel division.

Construction of the US$23 billion Simandou iron ore complex will start this year after the final hurdles for what will be the world's largest mine were cleared.