FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Rio Tinto / 1 October 2026
Rio Tinto (RIO): news on Thursday 1 October 2026
+4.5 positive
Coverage was dominated by the agreement, backed by a $200m government package and a power deal, to keep Bell Bay aluminium smelter running to 2031, though some pieces criticised the repeated bailouts. A Madagascar pollution claim and a Berenberg Buy rating were also reported.
What drove it
- Bell Bay smelter bailout
- Madagascar pollution claim
- Berenberg Buy rating
The 35 stories
- −9.2 Rio Tinto Sued For Alleged Madagascar Mine Pollution
Sued over alleged Madagascar mine pollution - −9.2 More Than 6,500 Madagascar Residents Sue Rio Tinto Over Alleged Mine Pollution
Over 6,500 residents sue over alleged pollution - −8.3 Claims against Rio Tinto over alleged contamination impact
Contamination claims against Rio - −8.3 Rio Tinto Said to Face Mine Contamination Claim in Madagascar
Faces mine contamination claim in Madagascar - +8.3 Rio Tinto plc : Berenberg reaffirms its Buy rating
Berenberg reaffirms Buy rating - +8.3 Rio Tinto secures "new era" for aluminium with Bell Bay operation extension
Extension described as new era for aluminium - −8.3 Madagascar villagers file claim against Rio Tinto
Villagers file pollution claim against Rio - +7.5 Rio Tinto reaches Bell Bay Aluminium deal
Deal secures Bell Bay aluminium operations - +7.5 Rio Tinto Reaches Deal to Continue Aluminium Smelter Operations in Tasmania until 2031
Deal continues Tasmanian smelter operations to 2031 - +7.5 Rio Tinto secures Bell Bay aluminium smelter operations through 2031
Bell Bay operations secured through 2031 - +7.5 Rio Tinto Secures Bell Bay Aluminium Operations Through 2031, Su
Smelter operations secured to 2031, though with government support - +7.5 Rio Tinto secures Bell Bay aluminum smelter operations till 2031
Smelter operations secured until 2031 - +7.5 Rio Tinto, Tasmanian Government and Commonwealth Government secure the future of Bell Bay Aluminium until 2031
Company announcement securing Bell Bay future - +7.5 Rio Tinto secures operation of Bell Bay Aluminium through 2031 (RIO:NYSE)
Bell Bay operation secured through 2031 - +7.5 Rio Tinto Secures Bell Bay Aluminium Operations Through 2031 wit
Bell Bay operations secured through 2031 - +7.5 Rio Tinto reaches agreement to secure Bell Bay Aluminium operation through 2031
Agreement secures Bell Bay operation - +7.5 Rio Tinto Secures Bell Bay Aluminium Operations Through 2031
Bell Bay operations secured through 2031 - +6.7 Rio Tinto Group, Governments Secure Northern Tasmania Aluminum Smelter Until 2031
Governments secure smelter until 2031 - +6.7 Rio Tinto smelter gets $200m bailout and locked-in power deal
Bailout and locked-in power deal for smelter - +6.7 Aluminium smelter secures five-year power deal and $200 million state-federal bailout
Five-year power deal and bailout secure smelter - +6.7 Bell Bay smelter secured with $200m rescue package
$200m rescue package secures smelter - +5.8 ASX Preview: Australian Shares to Fall as Oil Rises, Gold Retreats; Rio Tinto Group, Governments Secure Northern Tasmania Aluminum Smelter Until 2031
Smelter secured until 2031 in market preview - +5.0 Rio Tinto And Shougang Commission Industrial Scale CCS Trial
Carbon capture trial with Shougang advances decarbonisation - +5.0 Rio Tinto stock trades at EUR 102.00 as EBITDA grows 28 percent
EBITDA growth reported alongside share price - +4.2 Rio Tinto’s Bell Bay aluminium extension to 2031: grid and supply notes for engineers
Technical notes on extension and power supply - +3.3 RevoCast signs agreement with Rio Tinto
Agreement signed with supplier RevoCast - −3.3 Australian taxpayers bail Rio Tinto out again
Criticism of taxpayers repeatedly bailing out Rio - +2.5 Third smelter bailout as Albanese pledges $200m for Bell Bay
Third smelter bailout; support positive, optics mixed - +1.7 Rio Tinto smelter bailouts near $5b as Tasmanian plant gets $200m
Bailouts near $5b; supportive but reputationally awkward - +1.7 Governments spending big to keep heavy industry going
Government spending props up heavy industry including Rio smelter - +1.7 Governments spending big to keep heavy industry going
Government spending props up heavy industry including Rio smelter - +1.7 Rio Tinto Completes Argyle Pink Diamonds Brand Transfer to Boodles
Completes brand transfer of Argyle pink diamonds; minor, neutral - +0.8 Rio Tinto stock after-hours at EUR 83.45: plus 0.51 percent versus prior close
Small after-hours share price rise - +0.8 Power provider defends costings after smelter's bailout
Power costings defended after bailout; mildly mixed - 0.0 Gov bails out another Rio Tinto smelter
Government bailout keeps smelter open but reputationally mixed
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