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Rio Tinto partners with Fortune Minerals on critical minerals recovery
Rio Tinto and Canadian mining company Fortune Minerals have joined forces on the development of new technology to improve the recovery of critical minerals such as cobalt and bismuth. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard, with an aim to maximise the value of the critical mineral supply chain. The companies will conduct tests at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott integrated copper mining and smelting operations in Utah, US, and at Fortune’s planned refinery in Alberta, Canada. These processes will result in Fortune’s cobalt and bismuth refining operations to process co-product streams ... (full story)