RIO TINTO PLC

WHAT WE ARE?RIO TINTO PLC is the

leading international mining group, a London listed public

company headquartered in the UK

2009 Sales:26,640,000,000Employees:74262Exchanges:LON

 

EUROPE-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST

AUSTRALIA-ASIA

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

OUR OPERATIONS

-ACROSS THE GLOBE

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

•The company's name comes from the Rio Tinto river, which has flowed red since antiquity due to acid mine drainage.

•Pyrite was a major product of Rio Tinto's first mines.

•RIO TINTO operates in INDIA in the states of ORISSA, MADHYA PRADESH and KARNATAKA

•51 % of IRON ORE comes from ORISSA

Hugh Matheson led the purchase of the Rio Tinto mines from Spain, and was the company's first president

Hugh Matheson led the purchase of the Rio Tinto mines from Spain, and was the company's first president

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JAN DU PLESSISCHAIRMAN

TOM ALBANESE GUY ELLIOTFinance director,

London

SAM WALSHExecutive director and chief executive Iron Ore, PerthChief executive, London

WE PRODUCE

Alumina, aluminum and bauxite Borates Coal Copper Diamonds

Gold and silver Gypsum Iron ore Molybdenum Salt

Sulphuric acid

Talc

Titanium dioxide

Uranium

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