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23 May 2025

Rio Tinto confirmed as preferred partner on world-class Salares Altoandinos lithium project

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has today been confirmed as the preferred partner for the Salares Altoandinos lithium project in the Atacama region of Chile by Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), a state-owned Chilean mining company. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250522021914/en/Rio Tinto’s strong lithium pipel

22 May 2025

Rio Tinto announces Chief Executive succession plan

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto today announced that Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm will step down from the Group later this year, at the conclusion of a succession process. Jakob joined Rio Tinto in 2018 as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, and became Chief Executive in January 2021. As Chief Executive, Jakob has reset Rio Tinto’s strategy to align the group to the opportu

22 May 2025

Rio Tinto to start early works and final studies to increase Amrun mine’s bauxite production on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the Amrun bauxite mine on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, aiming for first output as early as 2029. The project, named Kangwinan at the request of Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, will involve building a new mine and expanding t

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