Rio Tinto Group (RIO)

From today’s Reuters article
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JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mineral sands mine restarted production on Monday following a five-day halt, after reaching an agreement with demonstrators who had set up roadblocks at the site, Rio told Reuters on Tuesday. Communities surrounding QMM's mine in southeastern Madagascar have been protesting over a release of water from the mine site into the surrounding environment, after which dead fish were found. Rio says water sampling data shows no link between the water release and the dead fish.
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From today’s joint communique after UK-Mongolia roundtable meeting, posted on UK government site
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Ministers welcomed the inclusion of Mongolia in the UK’s “Enhanced Framework” Trade Preference Arrangements from 1 January 2021 and expressed their intention to engage actively to facilitate bilateral trade and economic cooperation. They also welcomed the recent first visit of the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Mongolia, Daniel Kawczynski MP and the recent agreement between Rio Tinto and the Mongolian government on commencement of the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi project. They noted the importance of an attractive business and investment environment in Mongolia and welcomed ongoing work on investment protection, legal reform and combatting corruption.
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It seems Oyu Tolgoi expansion gets traction, disregarding TRQ buyout outcome.

Here's a recap of the recent announcement that $GMG signed an agreement to collaborate with Rio Tinto Group on energy-saving and storage solutions:

Under a non-binding term sheet, $GMG and Rio Tinto will:
• Discuss trials of GMG's energy-saving products in existing and new applications, to deliver energy savings & associated carbon reductions to support Rio Tinto's decarbonization objectives
• Explore supply of aluminum materials with an aim to optimize and accelerate battery development;
• Investigate the use of G+Al batteries in various Rio Tinto mining and industrial applications as success could see significant performance enhancements for Rio's transition to low-carbon operations.

As both $GMG and Rio share a vision of a low carbon future, there is significant potential in their partnership to develop a green battery from low-carbon aluminum which could transform the way we supply and store energy.

Rio is one of the world's largest mining companies and is committed to leveraging leading technologies for efficient and low-carbon operations.

This collaboration adds another key element and represents another important step in developing $GMG's G+Al battery following the recent agreements with Wood for scaling graphene production and Bosch for automated battery production.

https://www.miningmagazine.com/power-remote-power/news/1432558/gmg-secures-rio-tinto-battery-deal?fbclid=IwAR2FC81t-9dMTdSSm2K9IWC0zLndzvUArwdfgowCP3vBxpSAqeYWDrMU9V8