Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Links Mining to Clean Energy in Utah
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) has turned on a 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah. Along with a 5MW array finished in 2023, the site now has 30MW of solar capacity—enough to supply electricity for about 1,000 homes and cut Scope 2 emissions by 20,000 tons of CO₂, or the equivalent of taking…
From Mine to Cloud: How Rio Tinto’s Nuton Technology Powers Data Centers
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) is making waves with a new partnership. The company will supply Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) with copper from its Johnson Camp mine in Arizona using Nuton technology. This process uses microbes to extract copper directly from ore. What is striking is that it is now being deployed at industrial scale,…
Big Mining Moves: Rio Tinto Talks Acquisition of Glencore
Rio Tinto and Glencore are in early talks. If this actually happens, it would create the largest mining company in the world. Combined, the market value could reach close to $207 billion. Metals like copper are hot right now. Cleaner energy, AI tech, the demand is growing. Mining companies everywhere are trying to grab a…
