Mining Monthly - Rio-tinto

Rio Tinto

Rio is looking to maintain production at its West Angelas hub at 35Mtpa.

Macmahon's civil infrastructure division gains momentum

Decmil to pocket $120 million at Rio Tinto's West Angelas Sustaining Project

19 January 2026

Nuton Technology has developed a process to extract copper using bacteria.

Amazon taps into Rio's bacteria-powered copper extraction tech

AWS will buy copper for components at its US data centres

16 January 2026

Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina operation in the Pilbara.

'Productivity in action': BHP and Rio Tinto's Pilbara team-up

Potential to collaborate on the extraction of 200 million tonnes of iron ore

15 January 2026

Rio Tinto operates a network of 18 mines and four independent port terminals in the Pilbara.

Monadelphous deepens Rio Tinto ties

Locks in five-year maintenance services contract worth $300 million

14 January 2026

Glencore confirmed overnight that it was in "preliminary discussions" with Rio Tinto.

RioCore back in the frame

Rio has until Feb 5 to confirm a deal with Glencore

09 January 2026

Rio Tinto's Brockman hub in the Pilbara.

Decmil tapped for Brockman 4 workshop expansion

Contract worth $81 million expected to begin early next year

19 December 2025

Calix CEO Phil Hodgson (left) and chief scientist Mark Sceats.

Calix scores $30M three-year US contract

US customer wants Calix's magnesium hydroxide water treatment products

19 December 2025

The Tomago smelter produces more than a third of Australia’s aluminium.

Tomago power deal close to done

Subsidised energy deal will help keep the smelter open beyond 2028

12 December 2025

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