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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
Commission file number: 001-10533 Commission file number: 000-20122
Rio Tinto plc Rio Tinto Limited ABN 96 004 458 404
(Translation of registrant’s name into English) (Translation of registrant’s name into English)
6 St James’s Square Level 33, 120 Collins Street London, SW1Y 4AD, United Kingdom Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
(Address of principal executive offices) (Address of principal executive offices)
Julie Parent, T: 514-848-8519
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
_X_ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
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Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited (hereafter “Rio Tinto”, “Group”, “we”, “us” or “our”) are complying with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Act of 1934 (“Rule”) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015. The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank Act”). Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, thermal and metallurgical coal, uranium, gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide and salt) and iron ore. Rio Tinto undertook an assessment of all of Rio Tinto’s products and identified subsidiaries of Rio Tinto that are within the scope of the Rule: Kennecott Utah Copper LLC (“Kennecott”); Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc. (“RTFT”) and QMP Metal Powders (Suzhou) Ltd. (“QMP”); E.C.L. (“ECL”); and RTA Alesa AG (“Alesa”). Information about each of these subsidiaries and former subsidiaries and the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) is summarized below and in Exhibit 1.01 hereto. Kennecott Kennecott is based in the United States of America and produces gold bars. Kennecott performed a RCOI and determined that gold used in Kennecott’s products did not originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (“Covered Countries”). Kennecott received the Responsible Jewellery Council (“RJC”) Chain of Custody Certification (C0000 0007), which ensures that the gold used in their products is responsibly sourced and does not support conflict in a Covered Country, as defined by the Rule. Kennecott is listed on the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“EICC-GeSi”) Conflict Free Gold Refiners List (CID000969) as compliant with the relevant EICC-GeSI relevant Conflict-Free Smelter Program assessment protocol. Additionally, Kennecott is in conformance with London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) Responsible Gold Guidance which is required for Good Delivery status. RTFT and QMP RTFT and QMP manufacture iron and steel powders at their respective sites: Sorel-Tracy in Quebec, Canada for RTFT and Suzhou in China for QMP. Both sites produce certain metal powders that include a bronze additive which contains tin. Both RTFT and QMP source the bronze additive from a single supplier who has confirmed that the tin does not come from any of the Covered Countries, as defined by the Rule. ECL and Alesa ECL and Alesa manufactured or contracted to manufacture, machinery used primarily in aluminium smelters. They were divested on 9 July 2015 and 24 November 2015, respectively. Any data in this report is reflective of information gathered prior to the respective dates of the divestment. As set forth in Exhibit 1.01 hereto, Rio Tinto undertook a RCOI and supplier due diligence that employed a combination of measures to determine whether the necessary tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold (“3TG”) in ECL and Alesa’s products originated from the Covered Countries. In accordance with the Rule, Rio Tinto has concluded in good faith that until the respective dates of divestment:
a) Rio Tinto has manufactured or contracted to manufacture products as to which 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production of such products.
b) Based on a RCOI, Rio Tinto believes or has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary 3TGs originated or may have originated in a Covered Country and knows or has reason to believe that those necessary 3TGs may not be from recycle or scrap sources.
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Rio Tinto engaged a third-party service provider, Assent Compliance (“3PSP”), to develop and implement the RCOI undertaken by ECL and Alesa, primarily using the conflict minerals reporting template (“CMRT”) to query suppliers. The survey employed the CMRT which was developed by the EICC-GeSI and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative. The CMRT facilitated general disclosures and information regarding smelters that provide materials to the supplier. It includes questions regarding the supplier’s conflict-free minerals policy, the engagement process with its direct suppliers, and identification of the smelters used by the supplier. ECL and Alesa upgraded their RCOI scoping process by generating a new supplier list for 2015 up to respective dates of divestment. This list was then filtered to remove:
Service providers/suppliers; Indirect materials suppliers; and Inactive suppliers (minimum 1 year since last purchase).
Once the filtering was completed, the list of relevant suppliers for ECL and Alesa was added to the list of suppliers in scope for the RCOI for the Form SD for year ended 2014. 3PSP then conducted the supplier survey portion of the RCOI using the CMRT form as the data exchange standard. During the survey, suppliers were contacted by 3PSP via a platform that enables its users to complete and track supplier communications and allows suppliers to upload completed CMRT forms directly to the platform for red flag assessment and management. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted several times by 3PSP up to the respective dates of divestment of ECL and Alesa. Escalation by Rio Tinto of non-responsive suppliers was not conducted this year due to ECL and Alesa being divested. Training and advice on the completion of the CMRT form was provided to suppliers. Educational materials were available via a supplier resource center and 3PSP support to assist suppliers. Based on the smelter or refiner lists provided by the suppliers, we were aware that there were certified conflict free smelters or refiners that sourced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) in our supply chain. Certain suppliers were unable to provide the smelters or refiners details. Consequently, the Company was unable to conclude that all products supplied to us were DRC conflict free. In accordance with Rule, the Specialized Disclosure Form (“Form SD”) and the associated Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) were posted on Rio Tinto’s web site at http://www.riotinto.com/ourcommitment/conflict-minerals-16871.aspx . Item 1.02 Exhibit Rio Tinto has included its CMR as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. Section 2 – Exhibits Item 2.01 Exhibits Exhibit 1.01 – CMR
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SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised. Rio Tinto plc Rio Tinto Limited (Registrant) (Registrant) /s/ Eleanor Evans______ /s/ Eleanor Evans_______ Name Eleanor Evans Name Eleanor Evans Title Company Secretary Title Joint Company Secretary Date 27 May 2016 Date 27 May 2016
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Item 1.01 Exhibit Conflict Mineral Report Kennecott Kennecott performed a RCOI and determined that gold used in Kennecott’s products did not originate in a Covered Country. This RCOI involved implementation of a chain of custody management system for its gold production that is certified by the RJC. The raw materials purchasing procedure, a component of the chain of custody management system, requires that all purchased copper concentrate and gold slime materials have a certificate of origin that is obtained and reviewed prior to material purchase. The RJC issued Kennecott a Chain of Custody Certification (C0000 0007), which ensures that the gold used in its products is responsibly sourced and does not support conflict in Covered Countries. Further, Kennecott is listed on the EICC-GeSi Conflict Free Gold Refiners List (CID000969) as compliant with the relevant EICC-GeSI relevant Conflict-Free Smelter Program assessment protocol. Based on the chain of custody management system, the EICC-GeSi Conflict Free Gold Refiners certification and the RJC Chain of Custody certification, Kennecott has concluded that none of the gold used in its products originates in a Covered Country. RTFT and QMP RTFT and QMP performed a RCOI on the single supplier that supplies 3TGs for use in their metal powders. This supplier was found to source tin only from conflict free certified smelters operating outside of the Covered Countries. ECL and Alesa After completion of the RCOI for ECL and Alesa, Rio Tinto had reason to believe that a portion of the 3TGs in their supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries. Rio Tinto completed a due diligence exercise on the 3TGs’source and chain of custody and herein provides this CMR, as of the respective dates of divestments, which includes a description of those due diligence measures. Due Diligence for ECL and Alesa Rio Tinto has relied on its direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied, including sources of 3TGs that are supplied from lower tier suppliers. This was done with the combination of the CMRT forms as well as any additional documentation that was requested of suppliers. In conducting its due diligence, Rio Tinto has implemented the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Framework”). The OECD Framework has a five-step matrix for risk-based due diligence in the mineral supply chain, which requires:
1. Establishing strong company management systems
Rio Tinto supports and respects human rights consistent with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and actively seeks to ensure the Group is not complicit in human rights abuses. The way we work, Rio Tinto’s global code of business conduct, supported by the Group’s Human Rights policy, provides the framework for the approach to business integrity, human rights and to avoid financing or supporting conflict either directly or through our supply chain.
Rio Tinto has assigned resources to the conflict minerals compliance program. The team structure is made up of a steering committee (governance team) and a conflict minerals working group (technical compliance). Rio Tinto has in place existing Enterprise Resource Planning systems designed to identify upstream actors in the supply chain. Suppliers were required to comply with The way we work. Rio Tinto offers various grievance mechanisms across the business including a help line through issues and inappropriate behaviour may be raised.
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2. Identifying and assessing risk in the supply chain Rio Tinto contracted with 3PSP to identify risks within ECL and Alesa’s supply chain and 3PSP has conducted a RCOI and due diligence on those suppliers. A focus was placed on those ECL and Alesa suppliers that were deemed to be a higher risk (“relevant suppliers”). The process utilized by 3PSP involved the following steps: i) All relevant suppliers were contacted and asked to fill out a CMRT form. ii) All CMRT forms were checked and if incorrectly filled out the supplier was contacted again by 3PSP to verify CMRT content. iii) Completed CMRT forms are assessed and an assessment of risk in the supply chain was
conducted.
3. Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks Processes were in place to communicate supply chain risk assessments to senior management.
4. Carrying out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence
ECL and Alesa did not, typically, have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners. As a result, ECL and Alesa did not perform direct audits of the smelters/refiners in their supply chain. Rio Tinto and 3PSP compared the facilities listed in the supplier responses to the list of smelters maintained by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”), the United States Department of Commerce and the LBMA and, if a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” confirmed that the name was listed by CFSI.
5. Reporting on supply chain due diligence Rio Tinto will meet the reporting requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act and display information regarding its conflict minerals program on its publically available website as described in the Form SD.
ECL and Alesa Product Description The following data is only applicable up until the respective dates of divestment of ECL and Alesa. The majority of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level and did not always specify the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to ECL and Alesa. We have disclosed validated smelters or refiners provided to ECL and Alesa in their supply chain. We cannot definitively determine whether any of the 3TGs reported by the suppliers were contained in materials supplied to ECL or Alesa or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners were actually in their supply chain. As a result, Rio Tinto was unable to identify all smelters and refiners or all the countries of origin of the 3TGs that were contained in our products. The table below lists the validated smelters or refiners in the ECL and Alesa supply chain, which, to the extent known, process 3TGs. If known, we have listed their Conflict Free status according to the CFSI and also the source of their raw materials.
Metal Standard Smelter or Refiner Name Conflict Free
Gold Advanced Chemical Company Unknown
Gold Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO Unknown
Gold Allgemeine Gold‐und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. Yes
Gold Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) Unknown
Gold AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração Yes
Gold Argor‐Heraeus SA Yes
Gold Asahi Pretec Corporation Yes
Gold Asahi Refining Canada Limited Yes
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Gold Asahi Refining USA Inc. Yes
Gold Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Yes
Gold Aurubis AG Yes
Gold Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) Yes
Gold Bauer Walser AG Unknown
Gold Boliden AB Yes
Gold C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG Yes
Gold Caridad Unknown
Gold CCR Refinery ‐ Glencore Canada Corporation Yes
Gold Cendres + Métaux SA Unknown
Gold Chimet S.p.A. Yes
Gold China National Gold Group Corporation Unknown
Gold Chugai Mining Unknown
Gold Colt Refining Unknown
Gold Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Daye Non‐Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. Unknown
Gold Do Sung Corporation Unknown
Gold DODUCO GmbH Yes
Gold Dowa Yes
Gold Eco‐System Recycling Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Elemetal Refining, LLC Yes
Gold Faggi Enrico S.p.A. Unknown
Gold Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. Unknown
Gold Gansu Seemine Material Hi‐Tech Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Geib Refining Corporation Unknown
Gold Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM Unknown
Gold Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited Unknown
Gold Guoda Safina High‐Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH Yes
Gold Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong Yes
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG Yes
Gold Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited
Unknown
Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery Yes
Gold Japan Mint Yes
Gold Jiangxi Copper Company Limited Yes
Gold JSC Ekaterinburg Non‐Ferrous Metal Processing Plant Yes
Gold JSC Uralelectromed Yes
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Kazakhmys Smelting LLC Unknown
Gold Kazzinc Yes
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Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC Yes
Gold KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna Unknown
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Korea Metal Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC Unknown
Gold L' azurde Company For Jewelry Yes
Gold Lingbao Gold Company Limited Unknown
Gold Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold LS‐NIKKO Copper Inc. Yes
Gold Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Materion Yes
Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. Yes
Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. Yes
Gold Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. Unknown
Gold Metalor Technologies SA Yes
Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation Yes
Gold METALÚRGICA MET‐MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V Yes
Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Yes
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold MMTC‐PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. Yes
Gold Morris and Watson Unknown
Gold Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant Yes
Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. Yes
Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat Unknown
Gold Nihon Material Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non‐Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
Yes
Gold OJSC Kolyma Refinery Unknown
Gold OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery Unknown
Gold PAMP SA Yes
Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Prioksky Plant of Non‐Ferrous Metals Yes
Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk Yes
Gold PX Précinox SA Yes
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. Yes
Gold Republic Metals Corporation Yes
Gold Royal Canadian Mint Yes
Gold Sabin Metal Corp. Unknown
Gold Samduck Precious Metals Unknown
Gold SAMWON Metals Corp. Unknown
Gold SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH Unknown
Gold Schone Edelmetaal B.V. Yes
Gold SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA Yes
Gold Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. Unknown
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Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Singway Technology Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold So Accurate Group, Inc. Unknown
Gold SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals Unknown
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. Yes
Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Yes
Gold The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Torecom Unknown
Gold Umicore Brasil Ltda. Yes
Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand Yes
Gold Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining Yes
Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. Yes
Gold Valcambi SA Yes
Gold Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint Yes
Gold WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH Unknown
Gold Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. Yes
Gold Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. Unknown
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation Yes
Gold Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery Yes
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry Yes
Tantalum D Block Metals, LLC Yes
Tantalum Duoluoshan Yes
Tantalum Exotech Inc. Yes
Tantalum F&X Electro‐Materials Ltd. Yes
Tantalum FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu Yes
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown Yes
Tantalum Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck Inc. Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck Ltd. Yes
Tantalum H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG Yes
Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Hi‐Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. Yes
Tantalum Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. Yes
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Tantalum Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum KEMET Blue Metals Yes
Tantalum KEMET Blue Powder Yes
Tantalum King‐Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. Yes
Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A. Yes
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Mineração Taboca S.A. Yes
Tantalum Mitsui Mining & Smelting Yes
Tantalum Molycorp Silmet A.S. Yes
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Plansee SE Liezen Yes
Tantalum Plansee SE Reutte Yes
Tantalum QuantumClean Yes
Tantalum RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd Unknown
Tantalum Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO Yes
Tantalum Taki Chemicals Yes
Tantalum Telex Metals Yes
Tantalum Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC Yes
Tantalum XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. Yes
Tantalum Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Yes
Tin Alpha Yes
Tin An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company Unknown
Tin Chenzhou Yun Xiang mining limited liability company Unknown
Tin China Tin Group Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. Yes
Tin CV Ayi Jaya Yes
Tin CV Gita Pesona Yes
Tin CV Makmur Jaya Unknown
Tin CV Serumpun Sebalai Yes
Tin CV United Smelting Yes
Tin CV Venus Inti Perkasa Unknown
Tin Dowa Yes
Tin Electro‐Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
Unknown
Tin Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group) Yes
Tin EM Vinto Yes
Tin Estanho de Rondônia S.A. Unknown
Tin Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH Unknown
Tin Fenix Metals Yes
Tin Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC Unknown
Tin Gejiu Non‐Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. Yes
Tin Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. Unknown
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Tin Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. Yes
Tin Jiangxi Nanshan Unknown
Tin Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. Yes
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) Yes
Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S/A Yes
Tin Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. Unknown
Tin Metallic Resources, Inc. Yes
Tin Metallo Chimique Unknown
Tin Metallo‐Chimique N.V. Yes
Tin Mineração Taboca S.A. Yes
Tin Minsur Yes
Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Yes
Tin Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Nghe Tinh Non‐Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company Unknown
Tin Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works Unknown
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Yes
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. Unknown
Tin Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. Yes
Tin Phoenix Metal Ltd. Unknown
Tin PT Alam Lestari Kencana Unknown
Tin PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera Yes
Tin PT Artha Cipta Langgeng Yes
Tin PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya Yes
Tin PT Babel Inti Perkasa Yes
Tin PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari Unknown
Tin PT Bangka Kudai Tin Unknown
Tin PT Bangka Prima Tin Yes
Tin PT Bangka Putra Karya Unknown
Tin PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera Unknown
Tin PT Bangka Tin Industry Yes
Tin PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera Yes
Tin PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari Yes
Tin PT Bukit Timah Yes
Tin PT Cipta Persada Mulia Yes
Tin PT DS Jaya Abadi Yes
Tin PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri Yes
Tin PT Fang Di MulTindo Unknown
Tin PT HP Metals Indonesia Unknown
Tin PT Inti Stania Prima Yes
Tin PT Justindo Yes
Tin PT Karimun Mining Unknown
Tin PT Koba Tin Unknown
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima Yes
Tin PT Panca Mega Persada Yes
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Tin PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk Unknown
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama Yes
Tin PT Refined Bangka Tin Yes
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa Yes
Tin PT Seirama Tin Investment Unknown
Tin PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa Yes
Tin PT Sumber Jaya Indah Yes
Tin PT Supra Sukses Trinusa Unknown
Tin PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur Yes
Tin PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok Yes
Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa Yes
Tin PT Tirus Putra Mandiri Unknown
Tin PT Tommy Utama Unknown
Tin PT Wahana Perkit Jaya Yes
Tin PT Yinchendo Mining Industry Unknown
Tin Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. Yes
Tin Rui Da Hung Unknown
Tin Soft Metais Ltda. Yes
Tin Thaisarco Yes
Tin Tuyen Quang Non‐Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company Unknown
Tin VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC Yes
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. Yes
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non‐ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tin Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited Unknown
Tungsten A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. Yes
Tungsten Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Ganzhou Non‐ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. Yes
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten H.C. Starck GmbH Unknown
Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji Unknown
Tungsten Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin Unknown
Tungsten Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Hydrometallurg, JSC Yes
Tungsten Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. Yes
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Tungsten Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non‐ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non‐ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Kennametal Fallon Unknown
Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville Yes
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Niagara Refining LLC Yes
Tungsten Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC Yes
Tungsten Pobedit, JSC Unknown
Tungsten Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. Unknown
Tungsten Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Yes
Tungsten Wolfram Company CJSC Unknown
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
Tungsten Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yes
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Below is a general description of ECL and Alesa’s products and the manufacturing facilities until divestment. This is the last filing by Rio Tinto in connection with ECL and Alesa. ECL ECL’s business model included direct manufacturing of equipment that may have used component parts acquired from other suppliers. ECL’s network of four subsidiaries is based in Ronchin, France, with operations in Quebec City; Matola, Mozambique; Richards Bay, South Africa; Brisbane (Eagle Farm), Portland, and Newcastle, Australia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
ECL designed, manufactured and installed high quality equipment in smelters for the aluminium industry, as well as delivered solutions to assist its customers at every step of the project and at every milestone in the equipment’s life cycle. ECL produced a range of products including:
metal and bath handling equipment, or casthouse purpose made cranes (e.g., a variety of cranes for metal ladle skimming, stripping, and plate handling)
diverse types of machines for pot tending, anode changing, overhead tapping, anode jacking, and stud pulling, among others
equipment for the carbon sector (furnace tending, rodding shops, anode handling and storage)
Alesa Alesa was based in Zurich, Switzerland, with facilities in Montreal, Canada and Gardanne, France. Alesa’s expertise included materials handling, as well as automation. Alesa’s client projects represent a broad variety of industries. Alesa`s services and products ranged from feasibility studies, design, engineering, fabrication and installation to start-up assistance, training and customer service. Alesa’s business model for equipment fabrication typically involved contracting out the manufacturing and production of the equipment, having a supplier make particular product components, purchasing equipment or parts to be incorporated into a final product. Examples of equipment included:
Materials handling solutions; carbon plant technology and automation Harbour facilities (ship loading/unloading systems) Conveying systems (pneumatic and mechanical) Storage equipment (fill/reclaim) Vehicle loading and unloading Pot control systems Automatic fire control systems Anode handling equipment