The Latest Breaking News from Rio Tinto

Residents of a tiny village in western Serbia don’t care if their government has agreed with the European Union to open a lithium mine in their sprawling valley: They say it is never going to happen

Rio Tinto says it wants to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs but warns decarbonisation has "a long way to go".

The European Union and Serbia were set to sign a deal Friday over the supply of battery materials during a "critical raw materials summit", just days after Belgrade allowed work to resume at a disputed lithium mining project.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles

Serbia's government on Tuesday said operations can restart at a disputed lithium mining project, days after a top court ruling overturned a 2022 cancellation of its permits.

The ASX200 has finished 0.2 per cent lower, dragged down partly by losses from BHP and Rio Tinto, but still notched its second-highest close ever.

Investors underestimating the rate at which Rio Tinto is evolving. Its $15 billion investment into the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia gives Rio the potential to catch up to BHP in terms of production – it could produce close to 900,000 tons by the end of the decade,…

Tomago Aluminium is the state's largest power user.

During 37 years of operations, the now-closed Argyle mine produced more than 865 million carats (191 tons) of rough diamonds and 90% of the world's pink diamonds.