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Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials

The Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials is a global research centre. We work with scientific innovators and industrial disrupters to deliver a step-change in our approach to extract, use and reuse materials.

About the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials

$150m invested over 10 years Our partners
Collaboration with six global partners Our partners
First grand challenge: sustainable copper extraction Our research
Redesigning materials for a circular economy Our research
Cross-disciplinary expertise across science and industry Our team here at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 
Shaping policy, standards and global supply chains Centre news

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About us

We are a global, transdisciplinary hub for radical research, innovation, thought leadership and next-generation education.

About us

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Our partnership

Our centre unites researchers and industry experts from six global partners to drive innovation in future materials for energy.

Our partners

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Our research

We are co-creating programmes of work around grand challenges that allow us to rethink how to discover, extract, use and reuse materials.

Our research

Our people

Find out more about 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials collaborators