19 March 2025

Rio Tinto invests in UK urban mining company

The investment in Exurban UK focuses on technology to recycle electronic scrap for critical materials.

Electronic scrap © Huguette Roe/unsplash

Rio Tinto and the Giampaolo Group, a firm specialising in recycling and closed-loop manufacturing, are both new strategic investors in Exurban UK. They join Mitsubishi Materials Corporation.

This partnership allows Rio Tinto to continue finding better ways to provide materials the world needs through supporting Exurban’s work to advance recycling.

The funds will help Exurban UK develop its first recycling plant in North America.

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