LONDON, July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto and Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), a state-owned Chilean mining company, signed a binding agreement to form a joint venture to develop the ...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: “We are honoured to have been selected by ENAMI as the preferred partner for the Salares Altoandinos project, which has the potential to be a ...

The project has the potential to be a world-class lithium development. Per the proposal, Rio Tinto would acquire an initial 51% stake in the project with ENAMI holding the remaining 49%.

In August 2024, ENAMI shortlisted six companies – BYD Chile, CNGR Advanced Material, Eramet Chile, LG Energy Solution, POSCO and Rio Tinto for the development of the Altoandinos lithium project.

Rio Tinto Group and BYD Co. were selected among prospective partners to develop lithium assets in Chile as part of efforts to tap more of the world’s biggest reserves of the battery metal ...

Mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese EV-maker BYD are among the six companies eligible to proceed with proposals to develop a lithium project in Chile's Altoandinos salt flats, state-run mining ...

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Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: “We are honoured to have been selected by ENAMI as the preferred partner for the Salares Altoandinos project, which has the potential to be a ...

Rio Tinto and Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), a state-owned Chilean mining company, signed a binding agreement to form a joint venture to develop the Salares Altoandinos lithium project in ...

Rio Tinto has today been confirmed as the preferred partner for the Salares Altoandinos lithium project in the Atacama region of Chile by Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI),a state-owned Chilean ...