Our operations
We are strongly represented in Australia, North America and Europe which account for 90 per cent of our assets, and we have significant businesses in South America, Asia, 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.
Unauthorised use of RIO TINTO trade-marks and names
- Recently Rio Tinto became aware of a third party using our well-known RIO TINTO trade-marks or corporate, trade, domain or sub-domain names without authorisation.
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Rio Tinto Alcan: an employer of choice for women
- Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) has been acknowledged as an employer of choice for women by Australia's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
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Communities of practice
See how involvement in communities of practice, is helping Rio Tinto people share expertise and collaborate across the group.






