Features

New mines, new areas, new challenges

One of the challenges of supplying a developing world with metals and minerals is that the distribution of resources round the globe is misaligned with the spread of population.

Improving performance together benefits business

Rio Tinto's Improving performance together (IPT) programme is making impressive progress on the road to business improvement. It reflects our long standing commitment to operational excellence. In that sense, IPT is business as usual.

Increasing demand stretches the supply chain

Along with strong demand for metals and minerals have come constraints and disruptions in the supply of the equipment, spares and construction materials that are the lifeblood of an operating mine.

The goal is safety for all

A convoy of exploration vehicles going to a diamond exploration site in India was stopped by police. They were responding to reports from villagers that the occupants of the cars and trucks were being held against their will. The occupants were in fact merely wearing shoulder restraint seatbelts.