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World-wide facilities Mines/Refineries/Terminals • Boron, USA • Wilmington, USA • Salta, Argentina (4 mines plus refinery) • Coudekerque, France • Rotterdam, Netherlands • Valencia, Spain • Monfalcone, Italy • Pusan, South Korea • Kaoushiung, Taiwan • Port Klang, Malaysia Corporate/Sales Technical Support • U.S. Borax, Valencia, USA • Borax Argentina, Argentina • Borax Brasil, Brazil • Borax Benelux, Belgium • Deutsche Borax, Germany • Borax España - Spain • Borax Europe, UK • Borax Francais - France • Borax Italia - Italy • Borax Asia - Singapore • Borax Asia - Beijing • Borax Asia - Shanghai • Borax Asia - Guangzhou Warehouses (not shown) • Austria • Germany • Norway • Russia • Ukraine • United Kingdom Borax principal products B2O3 Production Sodium Borates Content (%) Ranges, ‘000 tpa Principal Uses Borax Decahydrate 38 60-90 Cleaning (10 Mol) Borax Pentahydrate 49 700-900 IFG, Detergents, (5 Mol) Agriculture Anhydrous Borax 69 20-30 Borosilicate Glass, Enamel Non Sodium Borates Boric Acid 56 160-250 TFG, Ceramics, Chemicals Anhydrous Boric Acid 99 5-10 Specialty glass
Strengths • Long-life, low cost, world-class ore bodies and refining facilities • Customer focus • Knowledge (global borate resources, chemistry, R&D, technical support, etc.) • <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Tinto</strong> synergies Opportunities • Borate end use protection and growth by exploiting unique physical, chemical, biological, and nuclear properties of boron • Continuing cost efficiency gains • Improving customer value in use 200 150 100 50 0 Borax SWOT matrix Weaknesses • Slow inherent growth rate of traditional end use markets • Logistics cost disadvantages • Size of ore reserves relative to Eti • Difficult to grow by acquisition Threats • Price pressures (driven by competitor expansion desires) • Customer buying power (global, concentrated markets) • Product substitution Indexed sales and earnings (1993 = 100) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Earnings Sales Recent performance
Page 1 and 2: Rio Tinto North America Analyst Tou
Page 3: Preston Chiaro President and CEO Da
Page 7 and 8: • Differentiate product and servi
Page 9 and 10: • Cost and productivity review -
Page 11 and 12: 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Sustainable
Page 13 and 14: What are we trying to accomplish?
Page 15 and 16: Boron Operations Wilmington
Page 17 and 18: Nules Valencia Borax España Borax
Page 19 and 20: Headcount Headcount 36 34 32 30 28
Page 21 and 22: Tons (000's) 120,000 100,000 80,000
Page 23 and 24: Wilmington • July 2001 agreement
Page 25 and 26: Commercial Director Europe David Pe
Page 27 and 28: IMCC 6% S America 7% AB & Other (RT
Page 29 and 30: 1998 1999 2000 2001 Refined 160 196
Page 31 and 32: Gordon Hamilton Growth Through New
Page 33 and 34: Horizon 3 Horizon 2 Horizon 1 Idea
Page 35 and 36: Concept Borates in residential wood
Page 37 and 38: RIO TINTO BORAX Background Rio Tint
Page 39: � Recent capital commitment of US

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