Press release
Fatal incident at Simandou project
Nzérékoré Region, Republic of Guinea — Rio Tinto is deeply saddened to confirm the death of an employee of a contracting company following an incident at the SimFer mine site in Guinea on Saturday 14 February. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon...
Rio Tinto highlights progress at Simandou at Mining Indaba 2026
Cape Town, South Africa – Chris Aitchison, Managing Director, Rio Tinto SimFer used Rio Tinto’s keynote speech at Invest in Mining Indaba 2026 to highlight the progress made on Simandou and the potential for the mining industry to learn positive lessons...
Guinea clean cooking project to distribute more than 72,000 cookstoves by 2030
A new clean cooking pilot project – Ecofoyer Guinée – is underway in Guinea, to provide more than 72,000 efficient cookstoves and sustainable cooking fuel to households in Conakry, Beyla, Forécariah and N’Zérékoré. The project aims to reduce the communities’...