Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto plc is the UK-listed company of the Rio Tinto Group, a global mining and metals producer with a dual-listed structure (London and Australia). The group explores, mines, processes and markets iron ore, bauxite and alumina, primary aluminium, copper, and a range of industrial minerals, operating across the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.

For the chemical value chain, Rio Tinto supplies critical mineral inputs and intermediates. These include titanium dioxide feedstocks and metal through its Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium operations; borates and boric acid via U.S. Borax; industrial salt from Western Australia; alumina and aluminium from refineries and smelters in Australia and Canada; and by-products such as sulfuric acid and molybdenum from its copper business (e.g., Kennecott). The group is also advancing lithium and scandium projects to support battery and specialty materials markets. Headquartered in London for the plc entity, with significant operational hubs in Australia and North America, Rio Tinto focuses on large-scale, long-life assets supplying materials essential to manufacturing, construction and chemical processing.