Rio Tinto Resumes Operations at Richards Bay Minerals, South Africa
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Rio Tinto has commenced the process of restarting operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. This follows a stabilization of the security situation around the mine, supported by the national and provincial government, as well as substantive engagement with host communities and their traditional authorities.
“The safety and security of our people has been our priority throughout and we recognise the collaboration and constructive dialogue we have had with all stakeholders to get us into a position where we can restart operations and resume contributing to the host communities, KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. I also acknowledge the resilience and dedication shown by all our people at RBM over the past weeks,” said Rio Tinto Chief Executive Minerals Sinead Kaufman.
Operations will be ramping up to capacity as soon as possible. The overall impact of the suspension of operations, including the shutdown of furnace number 4 as announced on July 21, 2021, is still to be assessed. At this time, the force majeure declared on customer contracts remains in place.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto provides work for more than 19,000 people in Canada and the United States, producing aluminium, boron, copper, diamonds, iron ore and titanium. They operate in Quebec, Labrador Newfoundland, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories in Canada, and Utah, California, Arizona and Illinois in the United States. Their office in Montreal is a global hub for Rio Tinto that supports operations around the world and its commercial center in Chicago connects them with customers in the key market of the United States.
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