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10 June 2022
Nano One and Rio Tinto Announce Strategic Partnership and US$10M Investment
Vancouver, Canada (TSX: NANO) (OTC: NNOMF) (Frankfurt: LBMB) Rio Tinto makes US$10M strategic equity investment in Nano One. Rio Tinto to collaborate on battery metals as inputs for Nano One’s cathode process technologies.Partnership accelerates commercialization of Nano One’s One-Pot and M2CAM® technologies.Adds to Government of Canada’s Mines-to-Mobility initiative for North American battery eco
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06 May 2022
Rio Tinto becomes the first producer of scandium oxide in North America
SOREL-TRACY, Canada – Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) has produced a first batch of high purity scandium oxide at its commercial scale demonstration plant in Sorel-Tracy, becoming the first North American producer of this critical mineral, which is notably used in solid oxide fuel cells and in aluminium alloys. The RTFT team has completed commissioning activities, and is now focusing on production
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29 March 2022
Rio Tinto commissions new aluminium remelt furnace at Laterrière Plant
SAGUENAY, Canada – Rio Tinto has commissioned a new remelt furnace at its Laterrière Plant, adding 22,000 metric tons of recycling capacity to its aluminium operations in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. The $8.4-million project has been completed over two years to offer rolled product customers in the North American automotive and packaging industries a new sustainable supply
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