Rio Tinto resumes operations at Richards Bay Minerals
August 24 2021 - 5:07AM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto has today commenced the process of restarting
operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. This
follows a stabilisation 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.
Rio Tinto chief executive Minerals Sinead Kaufman said “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.”
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 21 July 2021, is still
to be assessed. At this time, the force majeure declared on
customer contracts remains in place.
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by
Steve Allen, Rio Tinto’s Group Company Secretary.
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