About Rio Tinto

Phone: (03) 9283 3333
Fax: (03) 9283 3707
GIGS : Materials
Shares on Issue : 1280000000
No. Employees : 51677

Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc operate as one business organization (Rio Tinto). Rio Tinto is an international mining company. Rio Tinto’s business is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Its major products include aluminium, copper, diamonds, coal, uranium, gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc), and iron ore. Rio Tinto’s principal product and global support groups include Aluminum, Copper, Diamonds and Industrial Minerals, Energy, Iron Ore, Exploration and Technology and Innovation. Rio Tinto's Copper group comprises Kennecott Utah Copper in the United States and interests in the copper mines of Escondida, Grasberg, Northparkes and Palabora. Rio Tinto’s Aluminum group consists of integrated, bauxite, alumina and aluminium businesses. The Rio Tinto Energy Group comprises uranium, thermal coal and coking coal operations. On November 14, 2007, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto acquired Alcan Inc.

Activities: Production of copper, gold, iron ore, coal, aluminium, borates, titanium dioxide and other minerals and metals.