CSIRO partners up to grow green metals industry
A new $10 million initiative has been launched to grow Australia’s domestic green metals sector for the iron, steel, alumina and aluminium industries.
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Rio Tinto boosts stake in Australia’s second-largest smelter Rio Tinto has acquired Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation’s interest in the Boyne Island aluminium smelter. It bought the 11.65 per cent interest in Boyne Smelters, which owns and operates the Gladstone, QLD based smelter, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows Rio Tinto’s agreement to purchase shares in…