Rio Tinto in Australia - PageSuite

Our economic contributionRio Tinto contributes considerably to the Australianeconomy each year, through the employment, suppliercontracts, investments and profits our business generates.In 2011 alone, we paid close to A$6.9 billion in taxes tofederal and state governments.Australia has long been a keymarket for our company and we areproud of the significant contributionwe make to its economic prosperity.Since the year 2000, we haveinvested more than A$40 billionin Australia through capitalexpenditure and acquisitions.Despite ongoing volatility inthe global economy, we continueto invest in long term projects,with billions of dollars of projectseither under constructionor approved.These projects provide amuch-needed boost to regionalemployment and generatedemand for services and materialsfrom local and national suppliers.We directly employ more than20,000 people across Australia,and many more contractors.We are proud to be the largestprivate sector employer ofIndigenous Australians, whonow make up eight per centof our workforce.Naturally we work for the benefitof our shareholders, many of whominvest in us via their superannuationfunds, but we also work hard toensure the benefits of mining reachpeople in every corner of Australia.AluminiumEnergyIron ore1Rio Tinto AlcanWeipa bauxite mine and project1Coal operating sitesHail Creek Mine (82%)1Iron Ore operating sitesHIsmelt ® (60%)22345611Yarwun alumina refinery,Queensland Alumina Ltd (80%)Pacific AluminiumBoyne Smelters Ltd (59%)Gove bauxite mineGove alumina refineryTomago Aluminium (52%)Bell Bay aluminium smelterCopper and goldNorthparkes (80%)DiamondsArgyle2345267Kestrel Mine (80%)Blair Athol Mine (71.2%)Clermont (50.1%)Bengalla (40%)Hunter Valley Operations (80%)Mount Thorley (80%)Warkworth (55.6%)Coal ProjectsKestrel Mine Extension (80%)Mount Pleasant (80%)Uranium operating sitesEnergy Resources of Australia (68%)2 Mesa J (53%)Mesa A (53%)3 West Angelas (53%)Brockman No.2 & Brockman No.4Channar (60%)Eastern Range (54%)Hope Downs (50%)MarandooNammuldiTom PriceParaburdooYandicooginaPorts4 Dampier5 Cape LambertSalt operating sites6 Lake MacLeod (68%)7Dampier (68%)8Port Hedland (68%)3