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Solar

Rio Tinto signs up to power Pilbara iron ore operations with 80MW solar farm
Mining giant signs another solar deal with another Pilbara Indigenous group, as it slowly replaces fossil fuels with renewables.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 15, 2024

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Solar

Rio Tinto leans into solar PV for end-of-life mines
Rio Tinto has finished an off-grid solar farm in Canada and signed off on two in the NT, as it looks to support end-of-mine-life energy needs.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 3, 2024

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Renewables

Aluminium smelter power supply deal paves way for second largest wind farm in NZ
One week after Rio Tinto sealed a groundbreaking deal to power its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, plans to build a new 155MW wind farm have been given the all-clear.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 7, 2024

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Renewables

Giant aluminium smelter seals future with groundbreaking “reverse battery” and renewables deal
A 20-year energy deal combining diversified renewables and demand response secures future for NZ smelter, and offers a template for what’s possible in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

May 31, 2024

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest smelter to launch massive wind and solar tender, says nuclear too costly
The biggest single energy consumer in Australia, the Tomago smelter, is about to launch a massive tender for wind and solar. It says nuclear is too expensive.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 13, 2024

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Renewables

Fortescue says Rio Tinto wrong about electric trucks, admits hydrogen tech at “very early stage”
Rio Tinto is dialling down its renewable targets in the Pilbara because it says electric haul trucks won’t be ready in time. Fortescue says they are wrong.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 23, 2024

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Renewables

Rio signs Australia’s biggest wind energy deal to help power giant smelter and refineries
Global mining giant Rio Tinto says it has signed the biggest renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in Australia to help supply its huge smelting and refining operations in Gladstone.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 21, 2024

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Renewables

Iron ore giants’ green steel collaboration leaves carbon capture even further behind
Rio Tinto, BHP and BlueScope collaboration on making iron ore suitable for processes that don’t use coal, it’s becoming even clearer carbon capture and storage will not play a meaningful role in steel decarbonisation.
Simon Nicholas

Feb 13, 2024

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Renewables

Iron ore giants join forces on electric smelter for green steel
BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope are scoping locations in Australia for a pilot plant to make low-carbon steel using cleaner technology.
Marion Rae

Feb 9, 2024

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Renewables

Rio Tinto plans new solar, battery project for its newest Weipa bauxite mine
A 12 MW solar and 8.8 MW/2.1 MWh battery will power Rio Tinto’s new mine near Weipa and reduce diesel energy consumption by a third.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 4, 2023

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Electric Vehicles

Gina Rinehart unveils a bright pink electric locomotive, to beat Forrest at his own game
Roy Hill Mines, owned by climate skeptic and renewables doubter Gina Rinehart, unveils a bright pink electric locomotive powered by a 7MWh battery.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 1, 2023

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Rio Tinto signs First Nations power deal for solar, wind and battery projects
The deal comes as Rio Tinto deals with the fallout from damage caused to another heritage site.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 23, 2023

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