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Rio Tinto's Bell Bay Aluminium smelter produces roughly 178,000t of aluminium each year.

Bell Bay interim power deal signed

Gives Rio Tinto time to see how the government's aluminium credit plays out

02 December 2025

The tailings facility at Yarwun is expected to reach full capacity by 2031.

Rio Tinto to cut Yarwun production by 40%

Move aimed at extending the refinery’s life will take effect from October 2026

18 November 2025

Phil Hodgson at Calix research and development site in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.

Rio gets ZESTY and shelves BioIron

Enters into a joint development agreement with Calix over green steel

17 November 2025

Changes are coming to the way Rio Tinto works.

Innovation on the block in Rio Tinto's cost cutting

Team to be disbanded but their work will go on

14 November 2025

Barclays backs Trott's cost-cutting at Rio

Analysts positive on simplification as Jadar axed and Simandou sales start

14 November 2025

Cost cutter Trott mothballs Jadar

Serbia's lithium saga is over for now

13 November 2025

Rio Tinto's Bell Bay Aluminium smelter produces roughly 178,000 tonnes of aluminium each year.

Bell Bay Aluminium lands 12-month power lifeline

Negotiations under way for a long-term arrangement

06 November 2025

Representative model of Clean TeQ’s proprietary Clean-IX Moving Bed Ion Exchange system, designed for selective and efficient removal of contaminants such as hardness from lithium brine.

Clean Teq breaks into South American lithium triangle with Rincon contract

Water treatment technology earmarked for the Rio Tinto lithium project

06 November 2025

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