Features
Reinventing aluminium production for tomorrow's transportation
The latest Audi, Jaguar and Chevrolet Corvette supercars and the giant Airbus 380 rely on aluminium for their outstanding performances, fuel efficiency and low greenhouse emissions, highlighting it as the structural metal of the future.
Haul truck of the sea delivered
Rio Tinto Marine has taken delivery in Japan of the first of five new bulk carriers costing a total of US$200 million.
Managing acid rock drainage at Tom Price mine
When we extract minerals from rock we create waste. This includes mined rock, tailings & slag, which have only limited value but can pose environmental hazards if poorly managed. Much of our mineral waste therefore goes back into mined areas or is stored.
Rio Tinto starts acquisition of a mine in Uganda
In March 2007, Rio Tinto paid the first US$1.6 million to acquire a vermiculite deposit in Uganda in March 2007, a potential world class, long life resource thought to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Superman beware: Rio Tinto discovers "kryptonite"
Rio Tinto geologists looking for borates in Serbia have discovered a previously unknown mineral that scientists say has the unique chemistry of Superman's nemesis, kryptonite.