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Rio Tinto (RIO): news on Thursday 22 October 2026
News from the 24 hours to Thursday morning, 22 October 2026.
Tone of the day
What the score means. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Why it scored this way
Coverage was mainly about Rio Tinto's fresh iron ore supply agreement with China's state buyer and a heat battery project at its Yarwun refinery, both of them positive. Shares reaching multi-month lows along with other miners offset some of this.
What drove it
- China iron ore supply deal
- Yarwun heat battery
- share price weakness
Around this day
| Day | Tone | Headlines |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct | +3.3 | 22 |
| Sat 17 Oct | +0.7 | 3 |
| Sun 18 Oct | +5.5 | 5 |
| Mon 19 Oct | +2.3 | 4 |
| Tue 20 Oct | −2.8 | 15 |
| Wed 21 Oct | +3.0 | 25 |
| Thu 22 Oct | +3.7 | 26 |
| Fri 23 Oct | +7.8 | 36 |
| Sat 24 Oct | +7.0 | 27 |
| Sun 25 Oct | +2.8 | 11 |
| Mon 26 Oct | +3.3 | 17 |
7 stories · 26 headlines · strongest first
Mining on 22 OctoberFTSE 100 that day| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way | |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Tinto and CMRG agree fresh iron ore supply contract +5.88 headlines today · 13 in all · CMRG, the state-backed Chinese iron ore purchaser, struck a fresh yearly supply agreement with Rio Tinto. | ||
| +6.7 | CMRG agrees new annual supply contract. | |
| +6.7 | New deal reached with China's state ore buyer. | |
| +6.7 | Reported new supply deal with CMRG. | |
| +6.7 | New supply deal with China's state buyer. | |
| +6.7 | Signs a supply agreement with China's state-owned purchaser of iron ore. | |
| +5.0 | Supply deal with China's buyer resolves uncertainty, though iron ore dipped. | |
| −3.3 | China iron ore dispute puts Australian miners including Rio under pressure. | |
| +1.7 | Fresh supply agreement for iron ore with CMRG, framed as a challenge. | |
| Engineering begins on Rio Tinto and Rondo Energy's Yarwun heat battery +5.38 headlines today · 20 in all, since 21 October · At Yarwun, Rio and Rondo started designing a heat battery of 360 MWh, backed by ARENA. | ||
| +5.0 | Plans a heat battery to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. | |
| +5.0 | Heat battery design starts with ARENA backing. | |
| +5.0 | Decarbonisation targeted at Yarwun refinery. | |
| +5.0 | Heat battery integration assessed at Yarwun. | |
| +5.0 | Thermal battery design with Rondo supports decarbonisation. | |
| +5.0 | 360 MWh heat battery study at Yarwun. | |
| +4.2 | Front-end engineering begins on heat battery. | |
| +4.2 | Yarwun heat battery study gets ARENA funding. | |
| Rio Tinto share and copper versus iron ore commentary +1.15 headlines today · 22 in all, since 20 October · Commentary on Rio's shares, momentum and growth. | ||
| −6.7 | Shares down 23% since June. | |
| −6.7 | Stock slides on weak momentum and risk aversion. | |
| +5.8 | Positive view of Rio's untapped potential. | |
| +1.7 | Summary of production, earnings and project milestones; mostly factual. | |
| +1.7 | Discussion of Simandou as growth driver; fairly neutral. | |
| Miners hit by Chile copper disruption −4.22 headlines today · 5 in all, since 21 October · Shares in BHP, Rio and Fortescue fell to their lowest levels in several months amid pressure on the mining sector. | ||
| −7.5 | Rio shares hit multi-month lows with miners under pressure. | |
| −7.5 | Shares hit multi-month lows alongside peers. | |
| Rio Tinto analyst rating and target changes +0.41 headline today · 16 in all, since 14 October · Berenberg kept Buy with 8,700p target. | ||
| +7.5 | Berenberg keeps Buy rating with high target. | |
| First Nations deal advances solar projects +5.01 headline today · Renew Economy reports a First Nations deal moving solar projects closer. | ||
| +5.0 | First Nations deal advances solar projects Rio is involved in. | |
| Rio Tinto publishes 2026 output figures for the third quarter +4.81 headline today · 71 in all, since 14 October · Rio reported 90.8 million tonnes. | ||
| −0.8 | Production figure with share price trailing; mixed. | |
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