I mahi tahi ngā kamupene nunui o te rino ki te rangahau i ngā mara hou e pā ana ki te pūngao, ā, i whakarerekē i te tohatoha rawa hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia whanaketanga iti-waro o te umanga rino.
Kua arotahi a FMG ki te whakawhiti waro-iti ki te whakakapinga o ngā pūtake pūngao hou. Hei whakatutuki i ngā whāinga whakaiti tukunga waro a te kamupene, kua whakatū motuhake a FMG i tētahi apiti FFI (Future Industries Company) hei arotahi ki te whakawhanake i ngā kaupapa pūngao hiko matomato, pūngao hauwai matomato me te pūngao haukini matomato. I kī a Andrew Forester, Heamana o FMG: "Ko te whāinga a FMG he waihanga i ngā mākete tuku me te tono mō te pūngao hauwai matomato. Nā te mea he nui te whai huatanga o te pūngao, ā, kāore he pānga ki te taiao, kei a te pūngao hauwai matomato me te hiko matomato tika te kaha ki te whakakapi katoa i ngā wahie pūmua i roto i te mekameka tuku."
I roto i tētahi uiuinga ipurangi me tētahi kairīpoata mai i China Metallurgical News, i kī a FMG kei te kaha te kamupene ki te tūhura i te otinga pai rawa atu mō te hauwai matomato hei whakaiti i ngā tukunga hauhā waro i roto i te tukanga hanga maitai mā te rangahau me te whakawhanake i ngā kaupapa maitai matomato. I tēnei wā, ko ngā kaupapa e pā ana ki a ia ko te hurihanga o te rino hei maitai matomato mā te hurihanga hikohiko i raro i ngā āhuatanga pāmahana iti. Ko te mea nui ake, ka whakamahia tika e te hangarau te hauwai matomato hei kaiwhakaiti hei whakaiti tika i te rino.
I roto i tana pūrongo mahi pūtea hou, i pānuitia e Rio Tinto kua whakatau ia ki te haumi ki te kaupapa Jadal lithium borate. I raro i te kaupapa o te whiwhi i ngā whakaaetanga, ngā whakaaetanga me ngā raihana katoa e tika ana, me te aro tonu mai o te hapori o te rohe, te kāwanatanga o Serbia me te hapori whānui, kua oati a Rio Tinto ki te haumi i te US$2.4 piriona hei whakawhanake i te kaupapa. Whai muri i te whakatinanatanga o te kaupapa, ka noho a Rio Tinto hei kaihanga matū lithium nui rawa atu i Ūropi, e tautoko ana i te neke atu i te 1 miriona waka hiko i ia tau.
Ina hoki, kua whai whakatakotoranga ahumahi kē a Rio Tinto mō te whakaiti i ngā tukunga waro-iti. I te tau 2018, i oti i a Rio Tinto te hoko atu i ngā rawa waro, ā, ko ia anake te kamupene keri nui o te ao kāore e whakaputa wahie pūmua. I taua tau anō, i whakatūria e Rio Tinto, me te tautoko haumi a te Kāwanatanga o Quebec o Kanata me Apple, he hononga tahi a ElysisTM me Alcoa, i whakawhanake i ngā rauemi anode kore mahi hei whakaiti i te whakamahinga me te kai o ngā rauemi anode waro, ā, nā reira ka whakaitihia ngā tukunga hauhā waro.
I roto i tana pūrongo mahi pūtea hou, i whakaatu a BHP Billiton ka whakahaerehia e te kamupene he raupapa o ngā whakatikatika rautaki ki tana putea rawa me te hanganga umanga, kia pai ake ai te whakarato rauemi nui mō te tipu pumau me te whakaiti i te waro o te ōhanga o te ao.