Rio Tinto, meaning "red river", may refer to:
Businesses
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Rio Tinto (corporation)
Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational company that is the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). The company was founded in 1873 when of a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, ...
, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining and resources corporation
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Rio Tinto Alcan, based in Canada
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Rio Tinto Borax
The Pacific Coast Borax Company (PCB) was a United States mining company founded in 1890 by the American borax magnate Francis Smith, the "Borax King".
History
The roots of the Pacific Coast Borax Company lie in Mineral County, Nevada, east of ...
in America
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Rio Tinto Borax Mine
The Rio Tinto Boron Mine (formerly the U.S. Borax Boron Mine) in Boron, California is California's largest open-pit mine and the largest borax mine in the world, producing nearly half the world's borates. Ore reserves are sufficient for produ ...
, a mine in Boron, California, USA
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Rio Tinto Coal Australia
Rio Tinto Coal Australia (RTCA) was an Australian coal mining organisation, that was part of the worldwide Rio Tinto Group. In 2018, Rio Tinto completed the sale of its remaining assets
RTCA Operations
RTCA Queensland Operations
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, the Australian coal mining operation
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Rio Tinto Energy America
Rio Tinto Energy America (RTEA) was a wholly owned American subsidiary of the England and Australia-based mining giant, the Rio Tinto Group, headquartered in Gillette, Wyoming, United States. The company, previously known as Kennecott Energy after ...
, an American operation
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Rio Tinto Madagascar
Mandena mine (also Mandena operation, Mandena concession, or the QMM mine) is an ilmenite mine operated by Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM). It is located near Taolagnaro, Fort Dauphin, Anosy region, Madagascar.
The mine was f ...
, a Madagascar operation
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Rio Tinto Tower
123 Albert Street is a commercial office development in Brisbane, Australia. The modern style office building is located in the Brisbane central business district at 123 Albert Street. The building was completed in July 2011 and opened in Octo ...
, a building in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Places
Brazil
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Rio Tinto, Paraíba
Rio Tinto, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Guaribas Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1990.
See also
*List of municipa ...
Portugal
* , a civil parish in the
Esposende Municipality
Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km². The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. It gained city ...
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Rio Tinto (Gondomar)
Rio Tinto () is a Portuguese city and parish, located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 50,713,[Rio Tinto (river)
The Río Tinto (, ''red river'' or Tinto River) is a river in southwestern Spain that rises in the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalusia. It flows generally south-southwest, reaching the Gulf of Cádiz at Huelva. The Rio Tinto river has a unique ...]
, a river descending from the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalusia, home of the first Rio Tinto Group mine.
United States
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Rio Tinto, Nevada
Rio Tinto is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.
History
Rio Tinto was one of the last mining boom towns. It was named after the prosperous copper mines in Andalusia, Spain that produced ore for 3,000 years.. The discovery ...
Other uses
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America First Field (formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium), a soccer stadium, in Sandy, Utah, United States, home to the Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake, named for its original sponsor Rio Tinto
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Rio Tinto espionage case
The Rio Tinto espionage case began with the arrest on 5 July 2009, of four staff in the Shanghai office of the Rio Tinto, in China, who were subsequently accused of bribery and espionage. Two days later, an import executive of the Shougang Group an ...
, an accusation of bribery and espionage by employees of the Rio Tinto corporation in China
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SC Rio Tinto, a sports clube located in Rio Tinto, Portugal
See also
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Tinto River (Guayape)
The Tinto River is a river in Honduras. It is a tributary of the Guayape River.
Etymology
The Tinto was also called the Cuyamel, as of 1850.
See also
* List of rivers of Honduras
References
Footnotes
Sources
*Rand McNally, The New Internat ...
, a river in Honduras
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Tinto (disambiguation)
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