Rio Tinto (RIO): news on Wednesday 7 October 2026

The 22 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

• −10.0 Rio Tinto faces High Court claim for alleged Madagascar mine contamination The Australian Mining Review
  High Court contamination claim over Madagascar mine
• +6.7 Rio Tinto Has Less Downside Risk in Iron Ore Prices, RBC Capital Markets Says marketscreener.com
  RBC sees less downside risk in iron ore for Rio
• +6.7 RBC Upgraded Rio Tinto As Iron Ore Risks Look Less Lopsided Finimize
  RBC upgrade as iron ore risks ease
• +6.7 RBC upgrades Rio Tinto to Sector Perform on lit... Pluang
  RBC upgrade to Sector Perform
• +6.7 RBC Upgrades Rio Tinto to Sector Perform Amid Less Downside Risk in Iron Ore Prices marketscreener.com
  RBC upgrade on less iron ore downside
• −6.7 Energy Shock Wipes $264 Billion Off the World's Top Mining Stocks Yahoo Finance
  Mining stocks lose $264bn in energy shock, Rio included
• +5.8 Rio Tinto-RevoCast deal links Kitimat aluminum to new North American billet supply chain AL Circle
  Aluminium supply chain deal for Kitimat
• +5.8 RBC ups Rio Tinto; Berenberg says buy Domino's marketscreener.com
  RBC upgrade of Rio
• +5.0 UBS sees BHP and Rio Tinto leading iron ore quarter as prices hit more than 10-year lows Proactive financial news
  UBS sees Rio leading iron ore quarter despite low prices
• +5.0 Rio Tinto backs next wave of mining tech Metal Tech News
  Rio backing mining technology investment
• +5.0 Iron ore shipments rise for BHP and Rio Tinto d... Pluang
  Iron ore shipments rising for Rio and BHP
• +4.2 RBC Upgrades Rio Tinto to Sector Perform From Underperform, Trims Price Target to GBP65 From GBP66 marketscreener.com
  Upgrade but slightly lower price target
• +3.3 Rio Tinto Group Investors Are Up 51%. What Case Did They Actually Back? Simply Wall Street
  Investor returns up 51%, generic commentary
• +3.3 Domestic Metals Drilling Rio Tinto's Smart Creek Hole at a New Angle Investing News Network
  Drilling activity at Rio's Smart Creek project
• −3.3 European miners face RBC target cuts despite resilient output Yahoo Finance Australia
  RBC target cuts for European miners, despite resilient output
• +2.5 Rio Tinto advances Winu project as Rio Tinto stock trades below EUR 85.30 AD HOC NEWS
  Winu project progress, shares slightly lower
• +2.5 Rio Tinto stock resistance test: Upside targets to watch Traders Union
  Technical analysis noting upside targets
• +1.7 World Bank urges Guinean Government to deploy Simandou revenue Mining.com.au
  Simandou revenue story, Rio's project, mildly positive context
• +1.7 World Bank urges Guinea to use iron-ore to diversify economy Engineering News
  World Bank urges Guinea on Simandou iron ore use
• −0.8 Rio Tinto stock pre-market at EUR 84.56: minus 0.33 percent AD HOC NEWS
  Minor pre-market share dip, purely factual
• 0.0 Rio Tinto stock: Argyle Pink Diamonds brand transitions to Boodles AD HOC NEWS
  Argyle Pink Diamonds brand transition, factual
• 0.0 Rio Tinto plc : Deutsche Bank reaffirms its Neutral rating marketscreener.com
  Deutsche Bank keeps Neutral rating