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Location of Group operations

at February 2008 (wholly owned unless otherwise shown)

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Exploration	Expand
The Exploration group is organised into five geographically based teams in North America, South America, Australasia, Asia and Africa/Europe and a sixth project generation team that searches the world for new opportunities and provides specialised geological, geophysical and commercial expertise to the regional teams. The Asia team was formed in 2006, reflecting a significant expansion in exploration effort in Russia, Mongolia and the Former Soviet Union.
Technology and Innovation	Expand
Technology and Innovation, previously Operational and Technical Excellence, has bases in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. Its role is to identify and promote best operational technology practice across the Group and to pursue step change innovation of strategic importance to orebodies of the future.
Aluminium	Expand
Operating assets US$43,846 million Sales revenue US$7,309 million Underlying earnings US$1,097 million Rio Tinto's Aluminium product group is the wholly owned, integrated aluminium subsidiary, Rio Tinto Alcan, which owns and manages operations predominately located in Canada and Australia, with other significant interests in the UK, France, New Zealand, Brazil, Guinea, China, Iceland, Ghana, Norway and the US. The group is currently organised into four business units - Bauxite & Alumina, Primary Metal, Engineered Products and Packaging. Rio Tinto announced in 2007 the intention to divest both the Engineered Products and Packaging business units. Sites relating to these businesses are not shown above.
Copper	Expand
Operating assets US$4,118 million Sales revenue US$8,501 million Underlying earnings US$3,479 million The Copper group comprises Kennecott Utah Copper and Kennecott Minerals in the US, and interests in the copper mines of Escondida in Chile, Grasberg in Indonesia, Northparkes in Australia, Palabora in South Africa. Projects under evaluation include the Resolution, Pebble and Eagle projects in the US, Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, La Granja in Peru and Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Diamonds and Industrial Minerals	Expand
Operating assets US$4,632 million Sales revenue US$3,921 million Underlying earnings US$488 million The Diamond and Industrial Minerals group comprises Rio Tinto's diamond interests in the Diavik mine in Canada, the Argyle mine in Australia, and the Murowa mine in Zimbabwe, served by diamond sales offices in Belgium and India. Rio Tinto's industrial minerals businesses comprise Rio Tinto Minerals, made up of borate and talc operations in the US, South America, Europe and Australia, and salt in Australia, as well as Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium interests in North America, South Africa and Madagascar.
Energy	Expand
Operating assets US$3,399 million Sales revenue US$4,621 million Underlying earnings US$484 million The Energy group is represented in coal by Rio Tinto Coal Australia and Coal & Allied in Australia and by Rio Tinto Energy America in the US. It also includes uranium interests in Energy Resources of Australia and the Rössing Uranium mine in Namibia.
Iron Ore	Expand
Operating assets US$9,038 million Sales revenue US$8,799 million Underlying earnings US$2,651million The Iron Ore group's interests comprise Hamersley Iron and Robe River in Australia, Iron Ore Company of Canada, the Corumbá mine in Brazil and the Simandou, Guinea, and Orissa, India, projects. The group includes the HIsmelt^® direct iron making plant in Australia.
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Aluminium Operating sites 1 Alma 20 Alouette (40%) 7 Alucam (Edea) (47%) 2 Anglesey Aluminium (51%) 1 Arvida 9 Awaso 1 Beauharnois 1 Becancour (25%) 3 Bell Bay 4 Boyne Island (59%) 5 CBG Sangaredi 6 Dunkerque 8 Gardanne 10 Gove alumina refinery 11 Gove bauxite mine 1 Grande-Baie 12 ISAL 1 Jonquiere 13 Kitimat 1 Laterriere 14 Lochaber 15 Lynemouth 17 Ningxia (50%) 16 Porto Trombetas (MRN) 4 Queensland Alumina Limited (80%) 18 Sao Luis (Alumar) (10%) 19 Sebree 1 Shawinigan 21 SORAL (50%) 22 St-Jean-de-Maurienne 23 Tiwai Point (79%) 24 Tomago (52%) 25 Weipa 4 Yarwun Key Mines and mining projects Smelters, refineries and processing plants remote from mine Copper and gold Operating sites 26 Bougainville (not operating) (54%) 27 Cortez/Pipeline (40%) 28 Escondida (30%) 29 Grasberg joint venture (40%) 30 Kennecott Utah Copper 31 Northparkes (80%) 32 Palabora (58%) 33 Rawhide (51%) Projects 34 La Granja 35 Oyu Tolgoi (10%) 36 Pebble (10%) 37 Resolution (55%) Nickel Projects 38 Eagle 39 Sulawesi Zinc, lead, silver Operating sites 40 Greens Creek (70%) Diamonds Operating sites 41 Argyle 42 Diavik (60%) 43 Murowa (78%) Borates Operating sites 44 Boron 45 Coudekerque Plant 46 Tincalayu 47 Wilmington Plant Potash Projects 48 Rio Colorado Potash Salt Operating sites 49 Dampier (68%) 50 Lake MacLeod (68%) 49 Port Hedland (68%) Talc Operating sites (only major sites are shown) 51 Ludlow 52 Talc de Luzenac 53 Three Springs 54 Yellowstone Titanium dioxide feedstock Operating sites 55 QIT-Fer et Titane Lac Allard 56 QIT-Fer et Titane Sorel Plant 57 Richards Bay Minerals (50%) Projects 58 QIT Madagascar Minerals (80%) Coal Operating sites 59 Antelope 60 Bengalla (30%) 61 Blair Athol (71%) 62 Colowyo (20%) 59 Cordero Rojo 63 Decker (50%) 61 Hail Creek (82%) 64 Hunter Valley Operations (76%) 59 Jacobs Ranch 65 Kestrel (80%) 64 Mt Thorley Operations (61%) 63 Spring Creek 66 Warkworth (42%) Projects 61 Clermont (50%) 60 Mt Pleasant (76%) Uranium Operating sites 67 ERA (68%) 68 Rössing (69%) Projects 69 Kintyre 70 Sweetwater Iron ore Operating sites 71 Corumbá 72 Hamersley Iron mines: Brockman Channar (60%) Eastern Range (54%) Hope Downs (50% joint venture) Marandoo Mt Tom Price Nammuldi Paraburdoo Yandicoogina 73 HIsmelt ^® (60%) 74 Iron Ore Company of Canada (59%) 72 Robe River mines: (53%) Pannawonica West Angelas Projects 75 IOC Pellet Plant (59%) 76 Orissa (51%) 77 Simandou (95%)

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