Rio Tinto Minerals is
the acknowledged world leader in developing industrial
minerals - building blocks for life, and for products
that contribute to better living - and in developing
solutions to build our customers' businesses
Rio Tinto Minerals
supplies nearly half the global demand
for refined borates, key ingredients in
fiberglass, glass, ceramics, fertlizers,
wood preservatives and hundred of other
products.
Rio Tinto
Minerals is the world's largest salt
exporter. Salt is indispensable to a
wide array of automotive, construction
and electronic products, as well as to
water treatment, food and health care.
Rio
Tinto Minerals supplies 25 percent of
the world's
talc consumption. Talcs enhance performance
in countless applications, including
paper, paints, plastics, ceramics, personal
care products, agriculture and pharmaceuticals.