Rio Tinto signs five-year bio pellet offtake deal with SuperChar for Gladstone refineries

• Rio Tinto signed a five-year offtake agreement with SuperChar for locally produced bio pellets for Gladstone alumina refineries.
• Deliveries targeted to start in 2028; initial use expected at Yarwun, then Queensland Alumina Ltd, subject to approvals.
• Operational tests indicated bio pellets could replace up to 30% of coal used for steam generation in refinery boilers.
• Agreement supports demonstrations of 5%-50% bio pellet blends; SuperChar plans a 35,000-ton-a-year plant using bana grass feedstock.
• At full contract volumes, Rio Tinto estimates up to 90,000 tonnes a year of Scope 1 CO2e reductions under Australia reporting rules.

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