China accounted for nearly 60 percent of Rio Tinto's revenues in the first half of 2023. The company is currently China's biggest iron ore supplier, shipping around 250 million tonnes of the raw material to China a year.

CGTN's Michael Wang interviewed Dominic Barton, chairman of Rio Tinto Group, for his thoughts regarding commodity supply chains, China's commitment to climate change initiatives and how Rio Tinto is positioning itself to provide the critical minerals needed to power the world's green energy transition.