Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a British-Australian multinational mining and metals corporation and one of the world's largest producers of iron ore, aluminum, copper, and diamonds. Rio Tinto does not publish a public developer API, but operates supplier portals (Supplier Master Data Management and a transactional platform) and a START traceability program. Its GitHub presence is limited to a small number of internal forks (ai-sentry, xpano).

Rio Tinto is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Mining, Metals, Resources, and Critical Minerals.

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6.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

0 APIs 5 Features 2 Use Cases

Mining Metals Resources Critical Minerals

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 6.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Contract Governance 1.8 / 12

Discoverability 4.1 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Iron Ore Production

Leading global producer of iron ore from Pilbara and other regions

Aluminum and Bauxite

Integrated aluminum value chain from bauxite mining to smelting

Copper and Diamonds

Copper concentrates and diamond production for global markets

Energy-Transition Minerals

Lithium and other minerals critical to electrification

START Traceability

Product traceability program for responsibly sourced metals

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Rio Tinto Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Use Cases 2

What developers build with this provider.

Supplier Onboarding

Rio Tinto maintains supplier master data and transactional portals

Responsible Sourcing

START provides end-to-end traceability of materials from mine to product

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SupplierPortal

SupplierPortal

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: rio-tinto
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rio-tinto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Rio Tinto
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rio-tinto.png
tags:
- Mining
- Metals
- Resources
- Critical Minerals
description: Rio Tinto is a British-Australian multinational mining and metals corporation and one of the world's largest
  producers of iron ore, aluminum, copper, and diamonds. Rio Tinto does not publish a public developer API, but operates supplier
  portals (Supplier Master Data Management and a transactional platform) and a START traceability program. Its GitHub presence
  is limited to a small number of internal forks (ai-sentry, xpano).
created: '2026-05-05'
modified: '2026-05-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rio-tinto-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rio-tinto
- type: Website
  url: https://www.riotinto.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/rio-tinto
- type: SupplierPortal
  url: https://www.riotinto.com/suppliers
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/rio-tinto-vocabulary.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Iron Ore Production
    description: Leading global producer of iron ore from Pilbara and other regions
  - name: Aluminum and Bauxite
    description: Integrated aluminum value chain from bauxite mining to smelting
  - name: Copper and Diamonds
    description: Copper concentrates and diamond production for global markets
  - name: Energy-Transition Minerals
    description: Lithium and other minerals critical to electrification
  - name: START Traceability
    description: Product traceability program for responsibly sourced metals
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Supplier Onboarding
    description: Rio Tinto maintains supplier master data and transactional portals
  - name: Responsible Sourcing
    description: START provides end-to-end traceability of materials from mine to product
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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