Features

AP smelting technology raises the bar

Rio Tinto's ground-breaking AP Technology™ - the world's cleanest aluminium production technology - now accounts for six million tonnes of installed capacity.

Partnership protects nesting turtles in West Pilbara

Rio Tinto has a two-year partnership with Western Australia's Department of Conservation to protect the future of turtles nesting on West Pilbara beaches.

Mine invests in fish habitats in the Upper Hunter River

Coal & Allied's Mount Thorley Warkworth site supports a project to improve native fish habitat and riverbank stability in the Upper Hunter River.

Utilising surplus mine water at Hamersley station in Western Australia

Surplus water from the forthcoming expansion at our Marandoo iron ore mine in the Pilbara will be used through an irrigated agriculture scheme known as Hamersley Agricultural Project (HAP).

Students work with Coal & Allied on land rehabilitation

Around 20 students from Muswellbrook South Public School have planted native trees at Coal & Allied's Bengalla Mine as part of ongoing land rehabilitation at the site.

Research studies coal seam gas emissions

Rio Tinto Coal Australia has completed a world-first, four-year pilot project to explore the feasibility of draining gas from coal seams before open cut mining. This is part of our work to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and those of our customers.

Rio Tinto Earth Assist delivers hands-on results

Students from more than 60 schools across Western Australia have taken part in Conservation Volunteer's Rio Tinto Earth Assist programme since it began in 2009.