【产品手册】力拓矿业RioTinto_产品宣传册Brochure_Minerals_市场营销策划_世.docx

Capability brochure February 2013 Industrial minerals Essential ingredients of everyday living Capability brochure Industrial minerals February 2013 Our industrial minerals business Rio Tinto is a leading international business involved in each stage of metal and mineral production. The Group combines Rio Tinto plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Cover image Titanium dioxide is used as a pigment in paper, plastics and paints. It is favoured for its brilliant whiteness. Left Dampier salt operations, located close to the town of Karratha, on the northern coast of Western Australia. Dampier now produces 4 million tonnes of salt per year, largely for use in the chemicals industry. Below Salt sourced from Port Hedland, Dampier, Australia. We are among the world’s largest producers of several industrial minerals – mined products that are used in an astonishing array of products and processes that are essential to everyday living. In fact, it would be impossible to get through a day without encountering the industrial minerals we produce. Our industrial minerals portfolio includes titanium dioxide feedstock, rutile, zircon, pig iron, steel, metal powders, borates, salt and gypsum. These minerals are essential ingredients in the food you eat, as well as your clothing, housing, transportation and entertainment systems. The global demand for industrial minerals is linked very closely to urbanisation and rising standards of living. As growing populations migrate to urban areas and diets, housing and transportation improve, food producers and manufacturers require industrial minerals in larger volumes. Industrial minerals also contribute to higher environmental standards through their use in renewable energy production, insulation and lighter, more fuel efficient cars – and by lowering energy use and emissions in the production of glass, paint, plastics and ceramics. Industrial miner