Rio Tinto Metal Powders
Tradition of excellence
Now known as Rio Tinto Metal Powders, we still produce single source, high quality ferrous powders. As part of one of the world’s largest metals and minerals companies, we are committed to finding better ways to provide the materials the powder metallurgy industries need.
Culture of quality
We produce iron steel and prealloyed powders as well as high-performance metal powder mixes, including diffusion bonded and organic bonded mixes. Our powders are used to produce high-quality press and sinter parts for automotive, lawn and garden, and tool industries. They are also used in emerging industries such as additive manufacturing and battery and energy storage applications.
Your experts and partners
At Rio Tinto, customer satisfaction is our primary goal. We assess your requirements and optimize our recipes to meet the standards for your manufacturing facilities. Our products are truly fit-for-purpose.
In addition to our partnership approach, Rio Tinto’s metal powders technical team provides the following services:
- Technical expertise and problem solving
- Samples 5kg, 20kg, 225kg, 1000kg, 2000kg
- Green/sintered test bars
- Tensile bars
- SEM failure analysis
- EDS inclusion and foreign particle analysis
- Metallography
Next generation metal powders
Strong links between our research and operations staff guarantees continual improvement of our processes. Whether at the lab, pilot plant, or production facilities, all research is conducted on site.
Rio Tinto Metal Powders continues to invest in resources to support product innovation including the development of iron powders for emerging technologies such as:
- Additive manufacturing (3D-printing)
- Battery and energy storage applications
- Electromagnetic applications
- Soft magnetic composites (SMCs) for electric motor
- Soil remediation
Partnership with a purpose
- Customers
- Universities
- Research institutes
These partnerships cover a wide variety of projects on powder processing, product characterisation, and new applications.
Global company with local support
Sales and support
United States, Germany, China, and India. Knowledge of local markets and specific government regulations helps ensure that we are helping you make the best decisions for your business.
Convenient warehouse locations
Your success is our success. And, keeping inventory costs low can help your bottom line. We have global warehouse locations to provide just in time delivery—wherever and whenever you need materials.
Quebec, Canada
Located on the St. Lawrence River, in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada, our manufacturing facility has easy access by ship, rail, and truck to bring our powders to the global market. At the Technology and Critical Minerals Centre on site we have highly specialised equipment to deliver high-standard metal powder products our customer expect from Rio Tinto.
Certifications
Suzhou, China
This state-of-the-art facility efficiently processes high-quality, atomised powder produced in our plant in Canada into finished products. We can mix additives—such as copper, graphite, and lubricants—with steel powder to produce customised premixes for shipment to our customers in Asia.
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