Operations
Rio Tinto's activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.
Europe, Africa and Middle East
In Europe and the Middle East we have aluminium production, in South Africa copper, in Namibia, uranium, and in Madagascar, ilmenite.
Australia and Asia
Australia is home to our core iron ore and metallurgical coal businesses as well as producing bauxite, alumina, uranium, copper, talc and salt.
North America
We produce aluminium, diamonds, iron ore and titanium dioxide feedstock in Canada and thermal coal, copper, borates and talc in the US.
South America
We own 30 per cent of the world's largest copper mine, Escondida, in Chile and we are developing the wholly owned La Granja copper project in Peru.
Closure as a component of mine life planning
- Closing a mine does not simply mean shutting down production, rehabilitating the land and walking away. People's livelihoods can be affected, as can the social and environmental programmes established during the life of the mine.
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