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02 October 2022
Rio Tinto calls for resignation of Energy Resources of Australia Chairman
MELBOURNE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has requested the resignation of Energy Resources of Australia’s (ERA) Chairman Peter Mansell to allow for board renewal and introduce new perspectives to address the material cost and schedule overruns on the critical Ranger rehabilitation project in Australia’s Northern Territory. Following announcement of the cost and schedule overruns in February 202
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29 September 2022
Rio Tinto démarre l’usine de démonstration pour la concentration du lithium au Québec
SOREL-TRACY, Canada – Rio Tinto a amorcé la production de concentré de spodumène, un minéral utilisé dans la fabrication de lithium destiné aux batteries, dans son usine de démonstration de Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) - Opérations Québec, située au complexe métallurgique à Sorel-Tracy, au Canada.L’usine permettra de démontrer à l’échelle industrielle un nouveau procédé de concentration du spodu
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29 September 2022
Rio Tinto starts demonstration plant for lithium concentration in Quebec
SOREL-TRACY, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, a mineral used in the production of lithium for batteries, at a demonstration plant in its Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) Quebec Operations in our metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Canada. The plant will demonstrate at industrial scale a new spodumene concentration process that provides lithi
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From the days of antiquity, copper has been used for its many benefits: tough but malleable, corrosion-resistant and recyclable, and an excellent conductor of heat and transmitter of electricity. -
Borates
Deposited millions of years ago, borates are crystallised salts that contain boron, which is essential to plant growth, but it is also used in high tech applications. -
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