Ottawa talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about liquidity help amid U.S. tariffs

July 4, 2025

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said the government had already offered funding help for a Rio Tinto project installing carbon-free aluminum smelting cells at its Arvida smelter in Québec, and that she is ready to have conversations “to know how we are able to help Rio Tinto in its liquidity” when there is a tariff war harming them “in a completely unjustified way…