A ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2026, a cewar rahotannin ƙasashen waje, kamfanin hakar ma'adinai na duniya Rio Tinto ya bayyana ci gaban kasuwancinsa a shekarar 2025, inda ya cimma manyan nasarori a muhimman fannoni kamar bauxite, aluminum, da lithium. Aikinsa ya fuskanci "sauye-sauye a matakai," kuma babban abin da ya faru na jigilar kaya na farko daga babban aikin Simandou a Guinea ya sanya shi ya zama batun da ake mayar da hankali a kai a duk shekara a masana'antar ma'adinai ta duniya.

Kasuwancin bauxite ya zama ɗaya daga cikin injunan haɓaka tushen Rio Tinto a shekarar 2025. Bayanai sun nuna cewa samar da bauxite na kamfanin a kowace shekara ya ƙaru da kashi 6% a shekara, wanda ya kai matsayi mafi girma na tan miliyan 62.4, kuma samar da shi a kwata na huɗu ya kai tan miliyan 15.4, wanda hakan ya ci gaba da haifar da yawan fitarwa. Rio Tinto ya bayyana a sarari cewa inganta ingancin aiki a shekarar 2025 ya cimma "canji mataki", kuma ta hanyar inganta hanyoyin samarwa, haɓaka kayan aiki, da kuma kula da bin ƙa'idodi da kuma kula da yankunan haƙar ma'adinai, ya ƙara rage farashin samar da na'urori yayin da yake tabbatar da ci gaban samarwa. A matsayin babban kayan da aka samar a cikinmasana'antar aluminumYawan samar da bauxite ya kafa harsashi mai ƙarfi ga ci gaban kasuwancin aluminum da alumina da ke ƙasa.

A shekarar 2025, samar da aluminum da alumina na Rio Tinto ya karu a lokaci guda, inda samar da aluminum ya kai tan miliyan 1.97 da kuma samar da aluminum ya kai tan 85,200 a kwata na hudu, wanda hakan ya dace da karuwar bukatar kayayyakin aluminum a duniya a sabon bangaren makamashi.

A fannin sabbin kayan makamashi, kasuwancin lithium na Rio Tinto shi ma ya samar da sakamako mai ban mamaki. Kadarorin sarrafa lithium na kamfanin da ke Argentina sun cimma nasarar samar da kayayyaki mafi kyau a kwata-kwata a shekarar 2025. Babban abin da ke cikin waɗannan kadarorin shine Rincon Salt Lake Lithium Project, wanda Rio Tinto ya saya a baya kan dala miliyan 825 na Amurka kuma ya zuba jarin dala biliyan 2.5 don faɗaɗawa. Shirin shine ƙara ƙarfin samar da lithium carbonate na shekara-shekara zuwa tan 60,000, tare da tsammanin tsawon rayuwar ma'adinai na shekaru 40.

A halin yanzu, aikin faɗaɗawa da ake ginawa a aikin Rincon yana ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara. Ana sa ran zai fara samarwa a hukumance a shekarar 2028 kuma ya shiga lokacin haɓakawa. Nan gaba, zai zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu samar da lithium a duniya, yana ba da babban tallafin kayan aiki ga sabuwar motar makamashi, ajiyar makamashi, da sauran sarƙoƙin masana'antu. Idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin wadatar da buƙatun kasuwar lithium a duniya a shekarar 2025, yayin da sabuwar masana'antar makamashi ke ci gaba da faɗaɗawa, ana sa ran fitar da ƙarfin kasuwancin lithium na Rio Tinto zai ƙara inganta tasirinsa a kasuwar kayan batirin duniya.

Mafi mahimmanci, babban aikin ma'adinan ƙarfe na Rio Tinto a Simandou, Guinea, ya cimma jigilarsa ta farko a kwata na huɗu na 2025, wanda hakan ya nuna muhimmiyar nasara ga wannan babban aikin ci gaba mai sarkakiya wanda aka shafe shekaru da yawa ana gudanarwa. A matsayinsa na ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren adana ƙarfe masu inganci a duniya, aikin ma'adinan ƙarfe na Simandou ya jawo hankalin masana'antu sosai saboda dalilai kamar wurin da yake nesa da kuma ƙalubalen da ke tattare da gina ababen more rayuwa. Kammala wannan jigilar ƙarfe na farko ba wai kawai yana nuna babban ci gaba ga Rio Tinto a cikin tsarin albarkatun ma'adinai a Afirka ba, har ma yana ƙara sabbin kuzari ga yanayin samar da ma'adinan ƙarfe na duniya. A halin yanzu, manyan ƙasashe masu samar da ƙarfe kamar China suna ci gaba da buƙatar ma'adinan ƙarfe masu inganci. Ana sa ran gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci na aikin Simandou zai rage yawan wadatar ma'adinan ƙarfe masu inganci a duniya, yayin da yake haifar da ci gaban tattalin arzikin gida a Guinea.

Daga mahangar masana'antu, nasarorin da Rio Tinto ya samu a fannoni daban-daban na kasuwanci a shekarar 2025 sun yi daidai da yanayin da ake ciki da kuma buƙatun sauyin kore na kasuwar kayayyaki ta duniya. A shekarar 2025, kasuwar ƙarfe mara ƙarfe ta duniya ta nuna ƙarfin aiki, inda jan ƙarfe, aluminum, da sauran nau'ikan ƙarfe ke fuskantar ƙarfin farashi saboda ƙarancin daidaiton buƙatun wadata. An danganta ci gaba da aikin farashin aluminum da ƙaruwar buƙatar kore, kamar rage nauyi a cikin sabbin motocin makamashi da amfani da aluminum a cikin firam ɗin module na photovoltaic, tare da buƙatar kore ta kai kashi 15% na kasuwa.

Ci gaban samar da kayayyaki na Rio Tinto a harkokin kasuwancin bauxite da aluminum ya yi daidai da buƙatun duniya na kayan aluminum a cikin mahallin sauyin kore; a halin yanzu, tsarin kasuwancin lithium ɗinsa ya bi sahun ci gaban sabuwar masana'antar makamashi, wanda ya yi daidai da babban yanayin sauyin tsarin makamashi na duniya.

Masu bincike a fannin masana'antu sun yi nazari kan cewa kyakkyawan aikin Rio Tinto a fannoni daban-daban na kasuwanci a shekarar 2025 ya samo asali ne daga tsarinsa na ainihin albarkatun ma'adinai da kuma ci gaba da inganta ingancin aiki. Yayin da sauyin yanayi na duniya ke zurfafa, muhimmancin muhimman ma'adanai kamar jan ƙarfe, aluminum, da lithium zai fi bayyana.

Hukumar Makamashi ta Duniya ta yi hasashen cewa nan da shekarar 2030, yawan bukatar aluminum da ke da alaƙa da ci gaban kore zai karu zuwa kashi 25%. Tare da tanadin ƙarfinsa da ci gaban ayyukansa a fannin aluminum, lithium, da ma'adinan ƙarfe, damar ci gaban Rio Tinto a nan gaba ya cancanci a sa ido a kai. A halin yanzu, ci gaba da ci gaba da fitar da ƙarfin aikin Simandou zai zama ginshiƙi mai mahimmanci ga ci gaban Rio Tinto na matsakaicin lokaci da na dogon lokaci, wanda hakan zai ƙara ƙarfafa matsayinsa a matsayin babban kamfanin hakar ma'adinai na duniya a masana'antar.

Dangane da ci gaba a nan gaba, Rio Tinto ya bayyana cewa zai ci gaba da mai da hankali kan ci gaba da gudanar da muhimman albarkatun ma'adinai, da hanzarta muhimman ayyuka kamar faɗaɗa aikin lithium a Argentina da haɓaka ƙarfin samarwa a aikin Simandou, tare da ƙarfafa ƙarfin samar da kore da ƙarancin carbon don sauƙaƙe sauyi a duniya da cimma burin rashin sinadarin carbon.