Company Profile

Company Overview

Rio Tinto Minerals is a newly formed organization made up of three of the world’s foremost industrial mineral producers. The organization encompasses 3,000 people working at 40 facilities on five continents to serve more than 6,000 customers worldwide.
Rio Tinto Minerals:
– Supplies 43 percent of global demand for refined borates and markets its borate products under the Borax 20 Mule Team® brand. Borates are essential for plants, part of a healthy human diet, and key ingredients in fiberglass, glass, ceramics, detergents, agricultural nutrients and wood preservatives.
– Is the world’s largest salt exporter, shipping 8.5 million tonnes of salt and more than one million tonnes of gypsum from its operations in Australia to customers in Asia and the Middle East. Salt is essential to life, and indispensable to a wide array of industries that produce automotive, construction and electronic products.
– Supplies 25 percent of global demand for talc and markets its talc products under the Luzenac brand. Talcs enhance performance in countless applications, including paper, paints, plastics, ceramics, personal care products, agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
The company is the acknowledged world leader in product quality, supply reliability and technical support – the services that create value for customers and differentiate Rio Tinto Minerals from its competitors. Rio Tinto Minerals is also an industry leader in continuously improving how its products and practices contribute to sustainable development.