Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 20

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 20
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 exploring new approaches, technologies, renewable energy and partnership opportunities. Our aim is to discover, progress and develop high-quality projects supporting future growth through the cycle, in close consultation with communities. – In 2025, we will invest in new partnerships with Chinese suppliers to trial new construction methods, innovations and technologies – including artificial intelligence – to develop orebodies faster and reduce our capital intensity. – We will manage our pipeline of opportunities to deliver high-quality growth options, focusing on materials needed in a decarbonising world, including: • delivering first ore at Simandou in line with our 2025 plan • optimising the next tranche of replacement mines in the Pilbara • completing the Western Range project in the Pilbara • managing key closure projects at Argyle, Gove and Ranger • beginning operations at the Rincon starter plant, and beginning construction of the Rincon expansion plant • completing the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium and integrating Arcadium Lithium’s pipeline of development projects, subject to acquisition completion. – We will continue building our teams’ capabilities needed to achieve these. Strengthening our social licence Strengthening our social licence underpins each of our objectives, and our ability to operate. Our social licence is the extent to which we have the acceptance, support, and trust of multiple categories of stakeholders in countries that are most relevant to us. These stakeholders include our workforce, the communities in which we operate, civil society organisations, governments, investors, customers and suppliers.

| For moreon who our stakeholders are, what is importantto them, and how we engage and partner, see page9,and pages106-108. |     | And find out aboutour 2024 performance, and our future priorities, in relation to:–our people and our culture change journey, on pages78-79–our community engagement and social performance, on pages81-85–our engagement with civil society and governments, on pages86-87. |

| Annual Report on Form 20-F 2024 | 12 | riotinto.com |

Strategic report

Key performance indicators We use a range of financial and non-financial metrics to measure Group performance against our 4 objectives: to be Best Operator; to strive for impeccable ESG credentials; to excel in development; and to strengthen our social licence. Alignment to our 4 objectives and associated risks key

| l | Best Operator | l | Impeccable ESG | l | Excel in Development | l | Social Licence |

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