RIO TINTO PLC
United Kingdom (GB)
OpenCorporation rating: 32.98 on 100
Ranking 2022: 373 on 602 companies
Primary NACE classification:
Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores (0729)
Company description
This company, with headquarters in London, is a world leader in finding, mining, and processing the earth's mineral resources. Formerly known as The Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation (RTZ Corp.), the company was formed in 1962 by the merger of two British companies, The Rio Tinto Company and The Consolidated Zinc Corporation.This company and Rio Tinto Limited operate as a single business entity with the same board of directors, a unified management, and a combined portfolio of mineral resources which is well balanced by both geography and commodity. Its major products include aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy products (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc, and zircon), and iron ore. The group is represented in Australia and North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Southern Africa.It specialises in mining, processing and the supply of metal and mineral resources on a global level. The group focuses on the development of large, high quality mineral deposits capable of sustaining competitive long life mines. Mined products include gold, copper, iron ore, and aluminum; energy products include uranium and coal, while industrial minerals include zircon, diamonds, titanium dioxide feedstock, talc, and borax.The company is the world's second largest producer of iron ore. It produces more than 50 million tons of iron ore a year. The group is also a significant energy producer, providing low-sulphur steam coal to power stations that supply homes, businesses and industries in the US,Australia and elsewhere, and metallurgical coking coal to iron and steel mills in Asia and Europe. The company also mines uranium oxide which, enriched into fuel rods, raises steam in nuclear power stations to generate electricity in Europe, the US and the Asia Pacific.The company has established partnership with the Australian Museum; Australian Science Olympiads; BirdLife International; Centre for Appropriate Technology (Australia); Conservation Volunteers Australia; Dundee University Centre for Petroleum, Energy and Mineral Law and Policy (UK); Earthwatch Institute; Eden Project (UK); Fauna and Flora International; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK); United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC); and the Worldwide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF).
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