Tag: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto and Minmetals to discuss exploration collaboration
Rio Tinto and Minmetals have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to ‘discuss opportunities for potential collaboration’ in mineral exploration.
It comes three months after...
Queensland bags $900m in contracts for Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
Queensland suppliers have secured more than $900 million in contracts from Rio Tinto to progress the development of the world class Amrun bauxite project...
Woodside, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto contemplate LNG-fuelled future
Woodside has teamed up with mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to investigate the commercial feasibility of LNG-fuelled iron ore bulk carriers, with...
Rio Tinto sells Coal & Allied Industries to Yancoal Australia for $2.45bn
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited to Yancoal Australia Limited.
The transaction, valued at up to...
Queensland’s QBirt secures 70m bulk earthworks contract from Rio Tinto
Queensland-based civil engineering firm QBirt has secured a bulk earthworks contract for Rio Tinto’s $2.6 billion Amrun Bauxite project on Cape York.
According to the...
Civmec secures $160m contracts for work at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
Australia-based Civmec Construction has been awarded two separate contracts valued at $160 million for work at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in Queensland.
The larger...
Rio Tinto to sell its Lochaber assets for $410m
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its assets at Lochaber, Scotland to SIMEC for a total of $410 million, subject to certain conditions precedent...
Rio Tinto & GE forge five-year partnership to enhance Pilbara rail operations
Rio Tinto has handed global industrial leader General Electric (GE) a five-year contract to provide maintenance services and support for its vast locomotive network...
Rio Tinto celebrates 50-year anniversary of first iron ore shipment
Rio Tinto is celebrating the 50th anniversary since its first contracted shipment of iron ore departed for the Yawata Iron and Steel Company in...
IMARC 2016 to put Melbourne on the mining spotlight
The Andrews Labor Government has launched Australia’s leading mining business event, the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC), which will be held at the...
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