MONTREAL, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Rio Tinto Alcan announces that it has sold its 80 per cent share of the Ghana Bauxite Company Limited (GBC) to Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd. (Bosai). "After ...

Québec. The Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region is an important hub for our aluminium business, responsible for close to half of our global aluminium production. Our operations in the area include an alumina refinery, 5 wholly owned smelters, 6 hydropower plants, our Arvida Research and Development Centre (ARDC), the Aluminium Operations Centre, a …
Rio Tinto QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) est situé à la pointe sud-est de Madagascar, près de la ville de Fort-Dauphin. QMM est détenu à 80 % par Rio Tinto et à 20 % par le gouvernement de Madagascar. QMM a commencé à faire de l'exploration dans la région d'Anosy à la fin des années 1980, ce qui a mené à la découverte de ...
Reducing our emissions Decarbonisation continues to be major focus area for our aluminium assets – particularly refineries and smelters – but we're also tackling it in Weipa, announcing a new 12.4MW solar farm and battery storage to provide renewable energy for our Amrun operation in late 2023. Once approved and complete, the Amrun solar farm …
Our most intelligent mine yet is pioneering new mining technologies. Rincon Project A long-life, low-cost and low-carbon lithium source ... However if you choose to provide personal data to Rio Tinto through this website (for example, by sending us an email), we will process that personal data to answer your query and if relevant, to manage our ...
In September 2022, we agreed to form a joint venture with China Baowu Steel Group to develop the Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia (Rio Tinto 54%, Baowu 46%). Construction at Western Range started in 2023 with first production anticipated in 2025. Western Range's annual production capacity of 25 million tonnes ...
Rio Tinto's origins in Australia date back almost 120 years. Our story begins in 1905 with a small, speculative zinc operation in the fabled Broken Hill resources province in the far west of New South Wales. ... Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes 3 bauxite mines, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, 2 ports ...
Response by Alcan (now Rio Tinto Alcan): Residents oppose proposed Utkal bauxite mining & alumina refinery project over environmental, displacement concerns. Date: 3 Aug 2005 Content Type: Company Response [PDF] [letter from Alcan regarding Utkal Project - Orissa, India] Date: 2 Aug 2005 Content Type: Article; Mines vs People: …
Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world's most widely used metals. Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries and the world's most modern and competitive aluminium smelters portfolio. Learn more with Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto estimates the project contributed approximately $850 million to the BC economy and employed approximately 340 people at its peak. Rio Tinto BC Works Director Energy and Watershed Partnerships Andrew Czornohalan said: "The completion of a second tunnel to supply water to the Kemano hydropower facility will ensure the long …
QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) is 80 per cent owned by Rio Tinto and 20 per cent owned by the Government of Madagascar. Discover more today about our mining operations today. About. ... ilmenite mine in Fort-Dauphin, and provide jobs and skills development opportunities for the local community. The first phase of the renewable …
Rio Tinto is investing US$6 million for the construction of a first module in the plant, with an initial capacity to produce three tonnes of scandium oxide per year, or approximately 20% of the current global market. The Government of Quebec is contributing approximately US$650,000 to the project through the Quebec Plan for the Development of ...
The company helped facilitate the collaboration between Alcoa and Rio Tinto on the carbon-free smelting process, and Apple has agreed to provide technical support to the JV partners. Rio Tinto and Alcoa will invest $55 million (CAD) cash over the next three years and contribute specific intellectual property and patents.
Rio Tinto has recently become aware of spam emails being received by candidates for positions relating to our Simandou project in Guinea, which asks them to provide their personal details via an employment application form. ... Sean is an environment superintendent at our Diavik diamond mine – 200 km south of the Arctic Circle in …
Il améliorera les bénéfices reçus par le peuple malgache et soutiendra un avenir durable pour la mine de QMM, en apportant à Rio Tinto une certitude sur les arrangements fiscaux. Selon les termes de l'accord, le taux de redevance passera de 2 % à 2,5 % et QMM versera son premier dividende au gouvernement de Madagascar en …
Other infrastructure. Kitimat is powered by the 896 MW capacity Kemano Powerhouse. The Nechako Reservoir provides water for stable, low-cost, hydropower for the Kitimat smelter. An 80km transmission line carries power from Kemano to the smelter in Kitimat. Our operations in Kitimat also include an ice-free deep sea port and 2 private terminals.
Rio Tinto Alcan mines bauxite at the Gove mining operation as part of a group of bauxite mines, alumina refineries and smelter operations throughout Australia and New Zealand. The Gove operation includes a bauxite mine, steam power station, residue disposal area, port and ship loading facilities. Since the 2013 Gove Annual Report, the Gove alumina
Rio Tinto QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) is located on the south-eastern tip of Madagascar, near the city of Fort Dauphin. QMM is 80% owned by Rio Tinto and 20% owned by the Government of Madagascar. QMM began exploration of the Anosy region in the late 1980s and eventually discovered mineral deposits equalling 6,000 hectares of …
July 7, 2015. Share this article. Rio Tinto Alcan has reopened its Kitimat aluminium smelter in Canada after completing its $3.3bn modernisation and is preparing its first shipments of metal from the facility. According to the company, the smelter upgrade will increase production capacity by 48%. The decision to increase production comes due to ...
Rio Tinto Copper. Our very first mine was a copper mine on the banks of the Rio Tinto river, in Andalusia, Spain – bought in 1873 by a British-European investor group led by Scottish entrepreneur Hugh Matheson. Today, our copper operations around the world are at various stages in the mining lifecycle, from exploration to rehabilitation.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- Rio Tinto and the Government of Madagascar have reached agreement on the future fiscal arrangements for QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) and renewed their long-term partnership for the sustainable operation of the QMM mine in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. The new agreement was …