Rio Tinto Aluminium

Rio Tinto Aluminium

Rio Tinto Group

Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously known as Comalco) is now known as

and primary aluminium.

Rio Tinto Aluminium is a wholly owned subsidiary of

total production of bauxite, 8% of its alumina and 24% of its primary aluminium.

In 2002, Rio Tinto Aluminium earned US$256 million for its shareholder Rio Tinto.

In 2006 Rio Tinto Aluminium was the largest receiver of budgetary assistance from the Australian government, Rio Tinto Aluminium had received over $287 million in assistance from Australian tax dollars.

RTA owns the

.

It also has interests (manages or joint-venture) in other aluminium related businesses:

• Boyne Smelters Ltd
  (aluminium smelter)
• New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (Tiwai Point
  aluminium smelter)
• Queensland Alumina Limited (alumina refinery)
• Gladstone Power Station (power station)
• Anglesey Aluminium (aluminium smelter – closed September 2009)
• Eurallumina SpA (alumina refinery)(Now sold)

Weipa railway fleet

In January 1972, Comalco (as the company was then known) ordered two Clyde GT26C locomotives (equivalent of the

[reverted to its original GML10 designation]), and were replaced by two production-model JT42Cs, R1005 and R1006. 1.003 was scrapped in 2000 after years of disuse.

Litigation

• Commonwealth Aluminium Corporation Ltd v Attorney-General of Queensland [1976] Qd R 231 (Comalco Case)

See also

• List of alumina refineries

External links

• Comalco web site
• AP Technology web site