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1955 Boul Mellon
EDIF. 100
Jonquière QC
Canada G7S 4L2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Alma

Alma smelter is located in the city of Alma in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The operation produces aluminium rod, t-foundry, molten metal, high purity and remelt.

3000 Rue des Pins
Alma QC
Canada G8B 5W2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

AP60 (Jonquière)

AP60 smelter (currently under construction)is located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

1980 Boul Mellon
Jonquière QC
Canada G7S 3G9

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Arvida

Arvida smelter is located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The operation produces alumnium billet and molten metal.

Case study: A victory for the green guys

1955 Boul Mellon
Jonquière QC
Canada G7S 4L2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Dubuc

Dubuc is a niche product development facility located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The operations produces Busbars, AL-Lithium and Boron MMC.

2040 Chemin de la Rèserve
Chicoutimi QC
Canada Q7H 5B3

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Chute-à-Caron

Hydroelectric power plant located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

3900, Chute-à-Caron
Jonquière QC
Canada G0M 1C0

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Beauharnois

Cast centre located in the city of Beauharnois in the administrative region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

40 Rue De L'Industrie
Beauharnois QC
J6N 1W5
Canada

Chute-à la-Savane

Hydroelectric power plant located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

900, Route du Barrage
Ste-Monique de Honfleur QC
Canada G0R 1N0

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Chute-des-Passes

Hydroelectric power plant located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

Kilomètre 136, chemin des Passes Dangereuses
St-Ludger-de-Milot QC
Canada

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Chute-du-Diable

Hydroelectric power station located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

Rang 2, L'Ascension QC
Canada J0T 1W0

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Isle Maligne

Hydroelectric power plant located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

1000, Avenue des Sapins
Alma QC
Canada G8B 5W2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Grande-Baie

Grande-Baie smelter is located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The operation produces alumnium slab, molten metal , high purity and remelt.

5000 Chemin du Petit Parc
La Baie QC
Canada G7B 4G9

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Jonquière

The spent potlining treatment plant is located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay- Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The plant uses an exclusive technology that allows it to treat spent potlining, a material that is removed periodically from the electrolytic cells used to produce aluminium. It is made up of carbon and other products, and is normally pre-treated before being disposed of in highly controlled conditions. This process renders the spent potlining completely inert.

1955 Boul Mellon
Edifice 300
Jonquière QC
Canada G7S 4L2

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Kitimat

Kitimat smelter is located in the city of Kitimat in Northern British Columbia, Canada. The smelter produces aluminium billet, slab and remelt.

Case study: High Wire Act

Main Office
1 Smelter Site Rd
Kitimat BC
Canada V8C 2H2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Kemano

Kemano is a hydroelectric power plant that lies 80 kilometres away from Kitimat smelter in Northern British Columbia, Canada

Main Office
1 Smelter Site Rd
Kitimat BC
Canada V8C 2H2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Laterrière

Laterrière smelter is located in the city of Saguenay in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The operation produces aluminium and slab, remelt and molten metal.

6301 Boul Talbot
BP 6301
Laterrière QC
Canada G7N 1A2

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Shawinigan

Shawinigan smelter is located in the city of Shawinigan in the Mauricie region in Quebec, Canada. The operation produces aluminium billet and remelt.

1100 Boul St-Sacrement
CP 820
Shawinigan QC
Canada G9N 6W4

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Alouette:(40%)

Alouette smelter is located in the city of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, on the North Shore of the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence. The operation produces aluminium high purity and remelt.

400 Chemin de la Pointe-Noire
CP 1650
Sept-Îles QC
Canada

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

ABI:(25.1%)

ABI smelter is located in the Bécancour industrial park in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. The operation produces aluminium slab, billet, t-foundry and remelt

5555 Pierre Thibault
Becancour QC
Canada G0X 1B0

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Sebree

Sebree smelter is located in the city of Sebree in the southern Henderson County near the Webster County border in the state of Kentucky, United States. The operation produces aluminium billet, small form foundry, t-foundry and remelt

9404 Hwy 2096
Robards KY 42452
USA

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

São-Louis
Maranhao
Brazil

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Porto Trombetas (MRN):(12%)

MRN bauxite mine is located Porto Trombetas in the state of Pará in northen Brazil.

Porto Trombetas
Para
Brazil

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Case study: Bridging the Gulf

1 Melville Bay Road
Nhulunbuy
NT
Australia 0881

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Weipa

Weipa mine is an open pit bauxite mine located in the city of Weipa in Western Cape York region of Queensland, Australia. The operation includes railway, port and ship loading facilities.

Case study: Bridging the Gulf

Case study: Gender considerations for cultural heritage work

Administration Building
Lorim Point
Weipa QLD
Australia 4874

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Bell Bay

Bell Bay aluminium smelter is located on the Tamar River in Tasmania, Australia. The operation produces alumnium slab, molten metal, small form and t-foundry and remelt.

Bell Bay Road
Bell Bay
George Town TAS
Australia 7253

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Boyne Smelters Ltd:(59.39%)

Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) is located in Boyne Island, approximately 20 kilometres south of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The operation produces aluminium billet, EC grade, small form and t-foundry and remelt.

Handley Drive
Boyne Island
Gladstone QLD
Australia 4680

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Queensland Alumina Ltd:80%)

Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is an alumina refinery based in the southeast outskirts of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The operation produces alumina.

Parsons Point
Gladstone QLD
Australia 4680

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Tomago Aluminium:(51.55%)

Tomago Aluminium is an aluminium smelter located in the Hunter Valley, approximately 13 kilometres west of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The operation produces alumnium billet, slab and remelt.

Tomago Road
Tomago NSW
Australia 2322

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters:(79.36%)

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (NZAS) is New Zealand's only aluminium smelter and is located on Tiwai Peninsula, across the harbour from Bluff in the province of Southland. The operation produces billet, slab, small form foundry, high purity and remelt.

Tiwai Road
Invercargill
Southland
New Zealand

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

NRG Gladstone Power Station:(42.125%)

NRG Gladstone Power Station is a coal-fired power station located in the northwest outskirts of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The operation burns black coal to produce electricity.

NRG Gladstone Power Station
Hanson Road
Gladstone
Queensland
Australia 4680

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Yarwun

Alumina refinery located approximately 18 kilometers northwest of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The operation also includes a co-generation plant comprised of a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator providing process steam and power for the alumina refining operations. Excess power is sold to grid.

Hanson Road
Gladstone
Queensland 4680
Australia

BP 54
EDEA
Cameroon

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Beyrede

Beyrède refinery is located in the commune of Beyrède-Junetis a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. The operation produces specialty aluminas.

Usine de Beyrede
Sarrancolin 65410
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Gardanne

Located in the city of Gardanne in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. The refinery produces specialty aluminas.

Route de Biver
BP 42
Gardanne 13120
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

La Bâthie

La Bâthie refinery is located in the commune of La Bâthie in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The operation produces specialty aluminas.

1 Rue Des Fondeurs Aiguebelle
La Bâthie 73540
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Dunkerque

Dunkerque smelter is located in the commune of Dunkerque in the North of France, lying 10 kilometres from the Belgian border. The operation produces aluminium slab, small form foundry and remelt.

ZIP les Huttes
BP 81
Loon-Plage 59279
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Notre-Dame-de-Briançon

Notre-Dame-de-Briançon is located in Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in France. The operation produces cathodes.

La Lechere
BP 5
Aigueblanche 73265
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne smelter is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in South-Eastern France. The smelter produces aluminium rod and remelt

BP 114
Saint Jean de Maurienne 73303
France

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Teutschenthal

Teutschenthal plant is located in the city of Teutschenthal, close to Leipzig in Germany. The refinery produces specialty aluminas

Strasse der Einheit 18
Teutschenthal 6179
Germany

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

ISAL

ISAL smelter is located near Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The operation produces aluminium slab and remelt.

Case study: Safe haven

Straumsvik
PO Box 244
Hafnarfjördur 222
Iceland

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Rotterdam

Aluchimie supporting production facility is located in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The operation produces anodes.

Oude Maasweg 80
Rotterdam 3197 KJ
Netherlands

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Søral

Soral smelter is located in Husnes, Norway. The operation produces aluminium billet and remelt.

Sør-Norge Aluminium AS,
Onarheimsvegen 54,
N-5460 Husnes
Norway

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Vigelands

Hydroelectric power plant located in Kristiansand in Southern Norway.

Husnes
Norway

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Sohar:(20%)

Located in the city of Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman, Sohar aluminium produces aluminium high purity and remelt.

PO Box 80
Sohar
Postal Code 327
Oman

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Lochaber

Lochaber is an aluminium smelter operation that produces slab and remelt. It also has a hydroelectric power plant.

Fort William
Inverness-Shire
United Kingdom
PH33 6TH

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Lynemouth

Lynemouth has a thermal power plant and a smelter operation which produces aluminium slab and remelt.

Ashington
Northumberland
United Kingdom
NE63 9YH

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Anglesey:(51%)

casting centre located in Anglesey, an island and county off the northwest coast of Wales, United Kingdom.

Penrhos Works, Holyhead
Gwynedd
Anglesey
LL65 2UJ
UK

Highlands power plant

Hydroelectric power plant located in Lochaber, one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland.

Fort William
Inverness-Shire
PH33 6TH
United Kingdom

CBG Sangaredi Mine & Kamsar Port:(23%)

Rio Tinto Alcan has a minority interest in Compagnie de bauxites de Guinée (CBG) via its participation in Halco Mining. The bauxite mine is located in Guinea's Sangaredi Plateau. In addition to mining in Sangaredi, CBG operates a port in Kamsar for drying and shipping bauxite to refineries worldwide.

CBG Sangaredi
Guinea

W: www.riotintoalcan.com

Aluchemie

Aluchemie supporting production facility located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The operation produces anodes.

Borax Rotterdam N.V.
Welplaatweg 104
P.O. Box 5100
3197 ZG Botlek-RT
Netherlands
T: +(31) 10 4 90 9 600
F: +(31) 10 4 16 0 023

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Case study: Protecting biodiversity at Great Salt Lake

Case study: Attracting and retaining women in the workforce

8362 West 10200 South
PO Box 351 Bingham Canyon
Utah USA 84006-0351

T: +1 801 569 6000
F: +1 801 569 6803
W: http://www.kennecott.com

Kennecott Eagle Minerals

Construction of the US$469 million Eagle nickel and copper mine in Michigan, US began in 2010, with first production expected in late 2013. The mine will produce on average 17,300 and 13,200 tonnes per year of nickel and copper metal, respectively, over six years. High quality sulphide nickel concentrates will increasingly be in short supply, and Eagle is one of the most attractive greenfield projects in the nickel industry pipeline. Eagle is located in a prospective region where Rio Tinto has significant land holdings and mineral rights.

Case study: Eagle is landing

504 Spruce Street
Ishpeming, MI 49849-1938
United States

T: +1 906 486 1257
W: www.kennecotteagleminerals.com

Pebble:(10%)

The Pebble project in Alaska, US is one of the world's most significant undeveloped copper-gold-molybdenum deposits. Rio Tinto has a 19.8 per cent equity holding in Northern Dynasty Minerals, which owns a 50 per cent share in the Pebble joint venture. According to Northern Dynasty, Pebble contains 80.6 billion pounds of copper, 107.4 million ounces of gold, and 5.6 billion pounds of molybdenum.

Pebble Partnership
3201 C Street, Suite 604
Anchorage, Alaska
USA 99503

T: +907 339 2600
F: +907 339 2601
E:receptionist@pebblepartnership.com
W: www.pebblepartnership.com

Resolution:(55%)

Resolution Copper, in Arizona, US hosts what is the world's third largest undeveloped copper resource. The first production is expected in 2020. The site is in the midst of a pre-feasibility study and indications of this work are that the operation would likely be capable of producing 600,000 tonnes of copper per year.

In 2010, Resolution Copper advanced development of a new exploration shaft, and provided more than one billion gallons of treated water from historic mine workings to farmers to irrigate their crops. Rio Tinto has a 55 per cent share in the project, in partnership with BHP Billiton.

PO Box 1944
Superior Arizona
USA 85173

T: +1 520 689 9374
F: +1 520 689 9304
E: info@resolutioncopper.com
W: www.resolutioncopper.com

Avda Americo Vespucio Sur 100
Las Condes, Clasificador 11
Correo 10
Santiago Chile

T: +56 2 330 50 00
F: +56 2 207 65 20
W: www.chilnet.cl/escondida

La Granja

Based on exploration drilling, La Granja – in Peru's Cajamarca Region – is the world's ninth largest undeveloped copper resource.In 2010 evaluation work entered a divergent phase to assess the potential of new geological discoveries and to identify higher value, lower risk options for development. An optimal business case is still being developed. However, the project has a clear direction for development utilising conventional technologies which has yet to incorporate a recently discovered higher grade zone of mineralisation. Drilling will continue in 2011 to confirm the extent of the new mineralisation.

Rio Tinto Minera Peru Limitada
SAC Av Larco, 1301 Piso
5 Miraflores, Lima 18
Peru

T: +511 610 7878
E: Comunicaciones.lagranja@ riotinto.com
W: www.riotintolagranja.com

PO Box 995
Parkes NSW 2870
Bogan Road, Goonumbla NSW
Australia 2870

T: +61 2 6861 3000
F: +61 2 6861 3100

http://www.northparkes.com.au

Oyu Tolgoi:(51% interest in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd)

In 2006, Rio Tinto purchased a 9.9 per cent stake in Ivanhoe Mines of Canada, in order to jointly develop the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold resource in Mongolia's south Gobi region.

In January 2012, Rio Tinto increased its ownership in Ivanhoe Mines to 51 per cent. Rio Tinto assumed direct management of Oyu Tolgoi in December 2010 and provided a comprehensive financial package to Ivanhoe to help secure the development of the project approximately six months ahead of schedule with first production in late 2012.

Oyu Tolgoi is perhaps the most promising undeveloped copper-gold project in the world. When it reaches full production in 2018, it will be a top ten copper producer and one of the world's biggest gold producers, with first quartile production costs.

Case study: Gender sensitive baseline study

Seoul Business Center
Zaluuchuud Avenue 26
1st Khoroo, Bayanzurkh District
Ulaanbaatar 13381
Mongolia

T: +86 97 6113 31880
F: +86 97 6113 31890

Sulawesi:(42.5%)

Sulawesi is one of the world's largest undeveloped nickel opportunities. The Sulawesi Nickel project, on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, was discovered by Rio Tinto Exploration in 2000.

Having received the first licence under Indonesia's new mineral legislation, tenure for the project has been secured and Rio Tinto is reviewing development options. On 30 November 2010 Rio Tinto entered into an earn-in agreement with Sherritt International Corporation. Sherritt must complete two phases of work including a feasibility study and spend US$110 million on the project to earn a controlling 57.5 per cent equity interest in the holding company that owns the Sulawesi project. Rio Tinto will retain the remaining 42.5 per cent.

Case study: Gender analysis in action

15th Floor, Menara Anugrah,
Kantor Taman E3.3 , Jl. Mega
Kuningan Lot 8.6-8.7,
Kawasan Mega Kuningan
Jakarta 12950 Indonesia

T: +62 21 576 4551
F: +62 21 5794 1884

Case study: South Africa goes on line

Case study: Ba-Phalaborwa HIV and AIDS care and management programme

PO Box 65
1 Copper Road
1389, Phalaborwa
South Africa

T: +27 15 780 2911
F: +27 15 781 0448
W: www.palabora.com

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Case study: The prize is in diamonds

PO Box 2498
5007 50th Ave Yellowknife, NT
Canada, X1A 2P8

T: +1 867 669 6500
F: +1 867 669 9058
E: diavik@riotinto.com

Boron Operations

Approximately 815,000 tonnes of refined borates are produced at Boron Operations, the principal borate mining and refining operation in California' Mojave Desert.

Case study: New borates from old ponds

US Borax Inc
Boron Operations
14486 Borax Road
Boron, California USA 93516

T: +1 760 762 7000
F: +1 760 762 7335
W: www.borax.com

Wilmington Operations

Primary North American shipping facility; specialty products refining operation located in the Port of Los Angeles.

US Borax Inc
Wilmington Operations
300 Falcon Street
Wilmington, California USA 90744

T: +1 310 522 5300
F: +1 310 522 5364

Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Lac Allard

Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium's wholly owned subsidiary Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (Rio Tinto 100 per cent) operates an open cast TiO2 mine at Lac Allard near Havre‑Saint‑Pierre, one of the largest ilmenite deposits in the world.

951 boulevard de l'Escale
Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec
Canada G0G 1P
T: +1 418 538 2400
F: +1 418 538 2796
E: RTFT.Info@riotinto.com

Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (Sorel plant)

Wholly owned Fer et Titane in Canada is part of Rio Tinto's iron and titanium business. It smelts ilmenite, which is a titanium and iron-bearing ore. The primary product is titanium dioxide feedstock, a non-toxic compound used in the manufacture of white pigment. More than 90 per cent of the world's titanium-bearing minerals are used to make pigment for paints and surface coatings, plastics and paper.

Case study: New processes, new markets

1625 route Marie-Victorin
Sorel-Tracy Quebec
Canada J3R 1M6


T: +1 450 746 3000
F: +1 450 746 4438
E: RTFT.Info@riotinto.com

Case study: Argyle Diamond Mine Participation Agreement

The Quadrant
Level 4, 1 William Street
Perth WA
Australia 6000

T: +61 8 9482 1166
F: +61 8 9482 1161
E: info@argylediamonds.com.au
W: www.argylediamonds.com.au

Bunder:(100%)

The Bunder project is Rio Tinto's first and most advanced diamond project and is located in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, 500 km south east of Delhi. Rio Tinto discovered the Bunder diamond deposit in 2004 as part of a reconnaissance programme. It is currently undertaking a detailed pre-feasibility study that involves geological, environmental, economic and social impact studies

Case study: Supporting children's rights in Madhya Pradesh

Rio Tinto India
3rd Floor, The Capital Court
Olof Palme Marg Munirka
New Delhi, India

T: +91 22 2284 3481
F: +91 22 2284 3486
E: rtd.india@riotintodiamonds.com
W: www.riotintoindia.com

Changshu Operations

Largest borate distribution centre in Asia. The Changshu operations are able to use ships, barges, containers, trucks and rail.

Xinghua Gangqu
Changshu City 215513
Jiangsu Province
China

T: +86 512 5269 5858
F: +86 512 5269 5072

Case study: Women's engagement in the resettlement process

Kenilworth Gardens
1 Kenilworth Road
Harare Zimbabwe

T: +263 4 746 614
W: www.murowadiamonds.com

Mutamba

Titanium dioxide feedstock project. In 2002, Rio Tinto began the Mutamba ilmenite exploration project in the Inhambane Province of southern Mozambique and are currently evaluating this project.

609 Avenida Kenneth Kaunda
Maputo
Moçambique

T: +258 21 499 072
F: +258 21 490 160

Richards Bay Minerals:(37%)

From the Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) (Rio Tinto 37 per cent) joint venture in South Africa, we produce ilmenite from mineral sand deposits. The RBM orebody is mined using a system of ponds and floating dredgers. The sands are sucked up into the dredges, where the heavy valuable minerals (ilmenite, zircon, rutile) are recovered, and the remaining sand particles are then used to reconstruct and rehabilitate the landscape after mining has finished.

RBM's product portfolio also includes rutile and zircon, two other minerals found in its sand deposits. Rutile is used in welding rod fluxes and in the manufacture of titanium metal as well as the production of pigment. Zircon's principal uses are in the ceramics (in particular bathroom tiles), foundry, chemicals and refractory industries.

Richards Bay Minerals
The Admin Block
The Farm RBM, No 16317
The Admin District of KwaZulu Natal
Richards Bay

T: +27 035 901 3111
F: +27 035 901 3480
E: communication@rbm.co.za
W: www.rbm.co.za

Coudekerque

Borax's refinery and distribution facility in Coudekerque, France. Produces borax, boric acid, and borates for agriculture and other uses.

Borax Français
Usine/siège social
Route de Bourbourg
B.P. 59
59411 Coudekerque-Branche Cedex France

T: +33 328 292 830
F: +33 328 611 018

Nules

Packing and distribution facility of Borax in Nules, Spain. It was built in 1990 to supply European ceramic producers.

Borax España S.A.
Pol. Ind. La Mina
Apartado 197
12520 Nules
Castellon, Spain

T: +(34) 964 659 030
F: +(34) 964 674 659

Jadar

Jadar is a pre-feasibility stage lithium and borates development project with considerable economic potential based on conventional mining and processing technologies. A recent Rio Tinto study has confirmed a significant JORC compliant inferred mineral resource.

The project is located in the Jadar basin approximately 100 kilometers from Belgrade, Serbia – an area that features excellent road, rail and river transportation and immediately accessible electricity, gas and telecommunications infrastructure.

Jadar Development Project
Rio Tinto Minerals
Bulevar AVNOJ-a 71
Belgrade
Serbia & Montenegro 11070

T: +3 81 11 311 0239

QIT Madagascar Minerals:(80%)

QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) (Rio Tinto 80 per cent) is a mineral sands operation based around an ilmenite orebody near Fort‑Dauphin, southern Madagascar. It comprises a mine, separation plant and port facilities. This joint venture with the Government of Madagascar began producing ilmenite at the end of 2008, and is in the process of ramping up to a capacity of 750,000 tonnes per year. QMM produces ilmenite from beach sands which is shipped to Rio Tinto Fer et Titane's facilities in Canada for onward processing into titanium dioxide slag.

Case study: QMM – developing partnerships for mutual benefit

QIT Madagascar Minerals SA
Villa 3H – Lot II J 169
BP 4003
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar

T: +2 61 202 242 559
F: +2 61 202 242 506
W: www.riotintomadagascar.com

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E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.coalandallied.com.au

Hunter Valley Operations:(75.7%)

Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) is a large scale, multi-pit open cut coal mine, utilising dragline truck and shovel method of mining. Operations are centred in the Hunter Coalfield, which is part of a Permian coal basin known as the Sydney basin. HVO supplies international markets with up to 11 million tonnes of thermal and semi-soft coking coal per annum.

Production commenced at HVO in 1968 at the current West Pit, which was then part of the Howick mine. The Hunter Valley No. 1 mine began production in 1979. In 2000 Coal & Allied merged the Howick and Hunter Valley mines to create Hunter Valley Operations. The Lemington mine, which began production in 1971, was acquired and merged into Hunter Valley Operations in 2001.

E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.coalandallied.com.au

Mount Pleasant:(75.7%)

Coal & Allied completed a pre-feasibility study on the Mount Pleasant greenfield project in 2010 and is targeting a development decision on the project in 2011 upon completion of a full feasibility study. Mount Pleasant is located adjacent to the Bengalla mine and four kilometres from the town of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

The proposed mine would produce up to 10.5 million tonnes of thermal coal for international markets. The deposit holds 350 million tonnes of thermal coal.

E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.coalandallied.com.au

Blair Athol Mine:(71.2%)

In 2010, Blair Athol Mine began to scale back its operations by 75 per cent down to a three million tonne production rate as it plans for closure in 2016. The mine has also been undertaking significant refurbishment works on its stacker/reclaimers to ensure they continue to operate safely, efficiently and reliably now that their operating life has been extended through the start up of the Clermont Mine.

Blair Athol Mine is working closely with the Clermont Mine as a united Clermont Region operation to ensure that Rio Tinto continues to be part of the Clermont community long into the future.

PO Box 491
Clermont Queensland
Australia 4721

T: +61 7 4980 2444
E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.riotintocoalaustralia.com.au

Hail Creek Mine:(82%)

Hail Creek Mine, located 90 kilometres south west of Mackay in central Queensland, supplies steel mills in Asia and Europe with up to 8 million tonnes of hard coking coal per annum.

The coal deposit is part of the Bowen Basin, a significant Permian coal basin stretching 600km long and 250km wide. Coal is mined from two seams; the Elphinstone Seam, with an average thickness of 6.4 metres and the Hynds Seam, averaging 8.3 metres in thickness.

The open cut mine commenced operations in 2003 and is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

PO Box 3097
North Mackay Queensland
Australia 4740

T: +61 7 4940 5711
E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: ww.riotintocoalaustralia.com.au

Clermont Mine:(50.1%)

The Clermont Mine is Queensland's and Rio Tinto Coal Australia's newest coal mine and is located 12 kilometres north west of Clermont township and approximately 15 kilometres south east of Blair Athol Mine.

Construction of the mine and associated infrastructure began in 2007 and its first shipment of coal was delivered in mid 2010. The mine will ramp up to producing more than 12 million tonnes of high quality thermal coal from 2013.

PO Box 491
Clermont Queensland
Australia 4721

T: +61 7 4980 2500
E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.riotintocoalaustralia.com.au

Energy Resources of Australia:(68.4%)

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) is one of the largest uranium producers in the world, delivering on average around 10 per cent of the world's mined uranium production

ERA's Ranger mine is located eight kilometres east of Jabiru and 260 kilometres east of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

Ranger is an open cut mine which commenced commercial production of drummed uranium oxide in 1981. ERA sells its product to power utilities in Asia, Europe and North America under strict international and Australian Government safeguards.

Rio Tinto, a diversified resources group, owns 68.4 per cent of ERA shares. The balance of the Company's shares are publicly held and traded on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Case study: ERA's powerhouse

Level 10, TIO Centre
24 Mitchell Street
GPO Box 2394
Darwin NT 0801
Australia

T: +61 8 8924 3500
F: +61 8 8924 3555
E: info@era.riotinto.com
W: http://www.energyres.com.au

Kestrel Mine:(80%)

Kestrel Mine is Rio Tinto Coal Australia's only underground operation. The mine is located 40 kilometres north east of Emerald in Central Queensland and produces more than 4.5 million tonnes of coking and thermal coal annually for export.

PO Box 1969
Emerald Queensland
Australia 4720

T: +61 7 4984 7500
E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.riotintocoalaustralia.com.au

Kestrel Mine Extension:(80%)

An investment of more than US$1.1 billion is currently underway to extend the life of the Kestrel Mine to 2032. The existing Kestrel Mine workforce will transition to the new Kestrel Mine Extension as this project comes online with first production expected in early 2013.

E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W:www.riotintocoalaustralia.com.au

Mount Thorley Operations / Warkworth:(60.6%)/(42.1%)

Mount Thorley Warkworth is an integrated operation of two open cut mines located adjacent to each other 15 kilometres south west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. The operation supplies international and domestic markets with up to 9 million tonnes of semi-soft coking coal and thermal coal per annum.

Mount Thorley has been in operation since 1981, and after a business restructuring of mining company W Miller, Coal & Allied became managers of the mine in 1989. Warkworth Mining began operations in the same year as Mount Thorley, 1981, and in 2001 Coal & Allied purchased an interest in the mine. In January 2004, the two mines were integrated to improve efficiency and operate as one business.

E: info@rtca.riotinto.com.au
S: marketing@rtca.riotinto.com.au
W: www.coalandallied.com.au

Stadtmitte Building
Sam Nujoma Avenue
Swakopmund
Namibia

T: +264 64 520 9111
F: +264 64 520 1078
E: yourcontact@rossing.com.na
W: www.rossing.com

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1 Retty Street
Sept-Îles, Québec
Canada G4R 3C7

T: +1 514 285 8413
F: +1 418 968 7968
E: natalie.rouleau@ironore.ca
W: www.ironore.ca

PO Box A42
152-158 St Georges Terrace
Perth, WA
Australia 6837

T: +61 8 9327 2000
F: +61 8 9327 2346
W: www.riotintoironore.com

Robe River:(53%)

Rio Tinto has a 53 per cent stake in Robe River, which is the world's fourth largest seaborne trader in iron ore. Rio Tinto gained its stake in Robe River through the acquisition of North Limited in 2000. Robe River has three open pit mines: Mesa A, Mesa J and West Angelas. Rio Tinto has plans to expand Robe River's port at Cape Lambert to accommodate any increased production that may come from Pilbara expansion projects.

Level 27 Central Park
152-158 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA
Australia 6000

T: +61 8 9327 2800
F: +61 8 9327 2383
W: www.riotintoironore.com

Dampier:(68%)

Dampier Salt (DSL), the world's largest salt exporter, produces industrial salt by solar evaporation of sea water at Dampier, a coastal iron ore port that serves Rio Tinto's iron mines, and from underground brine at Lake MacLeod, both in Western Australia.

Dampier Salt operates with a salt stock policy which requires the retention of at least one year's sales as stock at the operations. This stock is held as a combination of dry product and as solid stock in the crystallisers.

The Dampier operation was the first and still the largest producer of the Dampier Salt site and was established in 1967, with the first shipment to Japan in 1972.

37 Belmont Avenue
Belmont WA
Australia 6104

T: +61 (8) 9270 9270
F: +61 (8) 9270 9370
W: www.dampiersalt.com.au

Port Hedland:(68%)

The Port Hedland operation is Dampier Salt's most recent acquisition, purchased in 2001, and covers just over 9000 hectares of operational area.

The production process at Port Hedland begins with sea water from the Indian ocean. Powerful pumps with a total capacity of 1640 cubic metres per minute transfer the seawater into a nine-pond concentration system. Salinity is increased through each step of the system, which spans 7,800 hectares. Gravity causes the seawater to flow through the initial concentration ponds after which transfer pumps life the brine to flow into the final concentration pond. The saturation of the original seawater has increased from 17 to 90 per cent.

37 Belmont Avenue
Belmont WA
Australia 6104

T: +61 8 9270 9270
F: +61 8 9270 9370
W: www.dampiersalt.com.au

Lake MacLeod:(68%)

Lake MacLeod has our greatest opportunity for expansion. Its current operating area is 764 hectares with plans in place to expand operations to 1000 hectares by 2014 on a lease of 220,000 hectares.

The saturated brine contained in Lake MacLeod is approximately 10 times saltier than normal seawater, eliminating the need for a series of concentration ponds normally required to evaporate water to reach "salting" point (sodium chloride saturation).

37 Belmont Avenue
Belmont WA
Australia 6104

T: +61 8 9270 920
F: +61 8 9270 9370
W: www.dampiersalt.com.au

Orissa:(51%)

Rio Tinto has a joint venture with the state owned Orissa Mining Corporation, which is seeking to develop iron ore leases in Orissa, India, one of the key iron ore regions of the world. With expectations of significant infrastructure and industrial development in India in the medium and long term, Rio Tinto is keen to contribute to the development of the Indian iron ore sector.

3rd Floor
The Olof Palme Marg
Munirka
New Delhi
India 110 067

T: +91 11 42330300
W: www.riotintoindia.com

Case study: Malaria control programme in Simandou

Immeuble Kankan - Cité chemin de fer
BP 848 - Conakry
Republic of Guinea

E: simandou.project@riotinto.com
W: www.riotintosimandou.com