Rio Tinto’s coal flexibility as it weighs a Glencore takeover underscores copper’s pull and mining’s shifting pressures.

Rio Tinto and Glencore are in talks about a deal that would create the world’s largest mining company with a market value of more than $200 billion, as a scramble for copper and other metals drives an industry return to big acquisitions.

The incident occurred when a worker misused combustible manganese dust, triggering a flame that displaced a lid on a nearby platform

An announcement from Rio Tinto ( ($RIO) ) is now available. In a Form 6-K filed for December 2025 and signed on 5 January 2026, Rio Tinto outlined

Australian Mining was on the ground last June as Rio Tinto cut the ribbon on its new Western Range iron ore mine.

For an outfit found wanting in dealing with inhabitants of a land whose culture it eviscerated in a matter of hours in May last year, Rio Tinto could think grandly about another future. The Anglo-Australian mining giant could add its name to a sounder,