For the battery industry, Rio Tinto is a multi-materials provider. Optibor BQ, a new battery-quality boric acid product, is designed to meet the industry’s special purity and particle size needs. Discover how it can improve your batteries’ safety and performance.
Europe is at a crossroads. Hear from Sinead Kaufman, Chief Executive, Minerals at Rio Tinto about what can be done.
Learn more about a recently published peer-reviewed paper from a Rio Tinto researcher on the benefits of using boron compounds in lithium batteries.
At approximately 3,600 metres above sea level on a remote “salar” (salt flat) in the Andes mountains, early work has commenced at the Rincon project. Located in Argentina’s Salta province, within the “lithium triangle” that covers some of the world’s prime resources, Rincon will become Rio Tinto’s first lithium operation.
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.
As electric vehicles (EVs), renewable power sources and home energy storage become more affordable and widely adopted, the world will need more of the minerals and metals that make these technologies work. To help us meet this growing need, in 2021 we launched a new Battery Materials business, which will see us add essential minerals like lithium, nickel, and tellurium to our product portfolio.
Rio Tinto and Volvo Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a strategic partnership where Rio will supply responsibly sourced low-carbon products and solutions to Volvo Group and the companies will work towards decarbonising Rio Tinto’s operations through piloting Volvo Group’s sustainable autonomous hauling solutions.
Ford Motor Company and Rio Tinto have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply chains for battery and low-carbon materials to be used in Ford vehicles.
Nano One
Materials Corp., a clean technology innovator in battery materials, and Rio Tinto have agreed to enter into a strategic partnership providing iron and lithium products, collaboration, and a $10M (USD) investment into Nano One.