Musi wa21 Ndira 2026, maererano nenhau dzekunze, kambani yemigodhi yepasi rose Rio Tinto yakaburitsa kufambira mberi kwayo kukuru mubhizinesi muna 2025, ichiita budiriro huru munzvimbo dzakakosha dzezvigadzirwa zvakaita sebauxite, aruminiyamu, uye lithium. Kushanda kwayo kwakava ne "shanduko huru," uye chiitiko chakakosha chekutumirwa kwekutanga kubva kuchirongwa chikuru cheSimandou muGuinea chakaita kuti ive musoro wegore negore muindasitiri yezvicherwa yepasi rose.

Bhizinesi reBauxite rave rimwe remainjini makuru eRio Tinto muna 2025. Data rinoratidza kuti kugadzirwa kweBauxite kwegore negore kwekambani kwakawedzera ne6% gore negore, kusvika pakakwirira rematani mamiriyoni 62.4, uye kugadzirwa kwekota yechina kwakasvikawo matani mamiriyoni 15.4, zvichiramba zvichienderera mberi nekubudirira kukuru. Rio Tinto yakataura zvakajeka kuti kuvandudzwa kwekushanda zvakanaka muna 2025 kwakawana "shanduko huru", uye kuburikidza nekugadzirisa maitiro ekugadzira, kuvandudzwa kwemidziyo, uye kutevedzera mitemo nekutonga nzvimbo dzemigodhi, zvakaderedza zvakanyanya mari yekugadzira mayuniti uku zvichiona kukura kwekugadzira. Sechinhu chikuru chekugadzira cheindasitiri yearuminiyamu, kugadzirwa kwakanyanya kwebauxite kwakaisa hwaro hwakasimba hwekukura kwemabhizinesi ealuminium nealumina.

Muna 2025, kugadzirwa kwearuminiyamu nearumina muRio Tinto kwakawedzera panguva imwe chete, nekugadzirwa kwearuminiyamu kwematani 1.97 miriyoni uye kugadzirwa kwearuminiyamu kwematani 85,200 mukota yechina, zvichinyatsoenderana nekukura kwezvinodiwa pasi rose zvezvinhu zvearuminiyamu muchikamu chitsva chesimba.

Munyaya yezvinhu zvitsva zvemagetsi, bhizinesi reRio Tinto reLithium rakaburitsawo mhedzisiro inoshamisa. Zvinhu zvekambani iyi zviri muArgentina zvakawana kugadzirwa kweLithium kwakabudirira zvikuru kota imwe neimwe muna 2025. Chinhu chikuru chezvinhu izvi iRincon Salt Lake Lithium Project, iyo Rio Tinto yakambotenga neUS$825 miriyoni uye yakaisa imwe US$2.5 bhiriyoni yekuwedzera. Chirongwa ichi ndechekuwedzera kugona kwekugadzira lithium carbonate yegore negore kusvika matani zviuru makumi matanhatu, nehupenyu hwemugodhi hunotarisirwa hwemakore makumi mana.

Parizvino, chirongwa chekuwedzera chiri kuvakwa pachirongwa cheRincon chiri kufambira mberi sezvakarongwa. Chinotarisirwa kutanga kugadzirwa zviri pamutemo muna 2028 uye kupinda munguva yekuwedzera. Mune ramangwana, chichava chimwe chevatengesi vakuru ve lithium pasi rose, chichipa rutsigiro rwakakosha rwezvinhu zvemagetsi matsva, kuchengetwa kwesimba, uye mamwe maindasitiri. Tichifunga nezvehuwandu hwepasi rose hwe lithium market uye maitiro ekudiwa muna 2025, sezvo indasitiri itsva yesimba iri kuramba ichikura, kuburitswa kwesimba reRio Tinto's lithium commerce kunotarisirwa kuwedzera simba rayo mumusika wepasi rose wezvinhu zvemabhatiri.

Chinonyanya kukosha ndechekuti chirongwa cheRio Tinto chekugadzira simbi huru muSimandou, Guinea, chakatanga kutumirwa muchikamu chechina chegore ra2025, zvichiratidza kukosha kukuru kwechirongwa ichi chakaoma uye chikuru chave chichienderera mberi kwemakore mazhinji. Seimwe yenzvimbo dzakakura pasi rose dzesimbi dzemhando yepamusoro, chirongwa cheSimandou iron ore chakakwezva kutariswa kukuru kweindasitiri nekuda kwezvinhu zvakaita senzvimbo iri kure nematambudziko anokonzerwa nekuvakwa kwezvivakwa. Kupedzwa kwechirongwa ichi chekutanga hakungorevi chete budiriro huru yeRio Tinto mukugadzirwa kwayo kwezvicherwa muAfrica, asiwo kunowedzera simba idzva munzvimbo yepasi rose yekupa simbi. Parizvino, nyika huru dzinogadzira simbi dzakadai seChina dzinoramba dzichida simbi yemhando yepamusoro. Kushanda kwebhizinesi kwechirongwa cheSimandou kunotarisirwa kuderedza kuwanikwa kwesimbi yemhando yepamusoro pasi rose, ukuwo zvichitungamira zvakanyanya kukura kwehupfumi hwemuno muGuinea.

Kubva pamaonero eindasitiri, kubudirira kweRio Tinto mumakambani akawanda muna 2025 kunoenderana nemafambiro akasiyana uye zvinodiwa pakuchinja kwezvakatipoteredza mumusika wezvinhu zvepasi rose. Muna 2025, musika wepasi rose wesimbi isina feri wakaratidzwa kushanda kwakasimba, nemhangura, aruminiyamu, nedzimwe mhando dzichiwana simba remitengo nekuda kwekushaikwa kwezvinodiwa zvemagetsi. Kushanda kwakasimba kwemitengo yearuminiyamu kwakakonzerwa nekukura kwekudiwa kwezvakatipoteredza, zvakaita sekuwedzera kwechiedza mumotokari itsva dzemagetsi uye kushandiswa kwearuminiyamu mumafuremu emagetsi ezuva nezuva, nekudiwa kwezvakatipoteredza kuri kuita 15% yemusika.

Kukura kwekugadzirwa kweRio Tinto mumabhizinesi ebauxite nearuminiyamu kwakanyatsoenderana nekudiwa kwenyika dzese kwezvinhu zvearuminiyamu kana tichitarisa shanduko yegirini; panguva iyoyo, marongerwo ebhizinesi rayo re lithium akatevera zvakanyanya mafambiro ekuvandudzwa kweindasitiri itsva yesimba, zvichienderana nemafambiro makuru ekuchinja kwechimiro chesimba pasi rose.

Nyanzvi dzezvemabhizimisi dzinoongorora kuti kushanda kwakanaka kweRio Tinto mumabhizinesi akasiyana-siyana muna 2025 kwakakonzerwa zvikuru nekurongeka kwayo kwakarurama kwezviwanikwa zvezvicherwa uye kugadzirisa kushanda zvakanaka kwemabasa. Sezvo shanduko yepasi rose iri kuwedzera, kukosha kwezvicherwa zvakakosha zvakaita semhangura, aruminiyamu, uye lithium kuchawedzera kuoneka.

Sangano reInternational Energy Agency rinofanotaura kuti panosvika gore ra2030, huwandu hwezvinodiwa zvealuminium pasi rose zvine chekuita nekukura kwezvakatipoteredza huchawedzera kusvika pa25%. Nekugona kwayo kuchengetwa uye kufambira mberi kwemapurojekiti mualuminium, lithium, uye iron ore, mukana wekukura kweRio Tinto mune ramangwana unofanirwa kutarisirwa. Panguva iyi, kufambira mberi kuri kuramba kuripo uye kuburitswa kwesimba repurojekiti yeSimandou kuchashanda sembiru yakakosha yekukura kweRio Tinto pakati nepakati uye kwenguva refu, zvichisimbisa chinzvimbo chayo sehofori yepasi rose yemigodhi muindasitiri iyi.

Nezvekuvandudzwa mune ramangwana, Rio Tinto yakati icharamba ichitarisa pakuvandudzwa nekushandiswa kwezvicherwa zvepakati, kukurumidzisa mabasa akakosha akadai sekuwedzera kwepurojekiti ye lithium muArgentina uye kuwedzera kugona kwekugadzira papurojekiti yeSimandou, ukuwo ichisimbisa kugona kwekugadzira zvinhu zvakasvibira uye zvine kabhoni shoma kuti zvibatsire kushandurwa kwesimba repasi rose uye kuzadzikiswa kwezvinangwa zvekusapindira mune kabhoni.