Rio Tinto plc Stock Update (RIO.L): Share Price, Latest News, Forecasts and Week‑Ahead Catalysts — Updated 14 Dec 2025
Updated: Sunday, 14 December 2025 (markets closed)Tickers: Rio Tinto plc (LSE: RIO) / Rio Tinto ADR (NYSE: RIO) Rio Tinto’s story right now is basically a three-engine aircraft flying through mixed weather: iron ore (still the biggest engine) is running steadily but facing demand jitters, copper is screaming higher on a global electrification + AI boom, and aluminium/lithium sits in the middle—helped by stronger aluminium pricing and an increasingly strategic (but still volatile) lithium build-out. That mix mattered in the week ending Friday, 12 December 2025, when Rio Tinto shares hovered near a one‑year high after management laid out a