Rio Tinto, meaning "red river", may refer to:
Businesses
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Rio Tinto (corporation)
Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). It was founded in 1873 when a group of investors purchased a Rio Tinto Company Limited, mine complex on ...
, a British-Australian multinational mining and resources corporation
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Rio Tinto Alcan
Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, it is a subsidiary of global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. It was created on 15 November 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto's Canadian subsi ...
, based in Canada
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Rio Tinto Borax in America
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Rio Tinto Borax Mine, 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
Blair ...
, the Australian coal mining operation
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Rio Tinto Energy America, 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 (corporation), Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM). It is located near Taolagnaro, Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar), Fort ...
, a Madagascar mining 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 municip ...
Portugal
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Esposende Municipality
Esposende () is a city and a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which ...
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Rio Tinto (Gondomar)
Rio Tinto (; "Colored River") 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 (, ''wikt:tinto#Spanish, red river'' or Tinto River) is a highly toxic 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. ...]
, 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 discov ...
Other uses
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America First Field
America First Field (formerly Rio Tinto Stadium and referred to as The RioT) is a soccer-specific stadium in Sandy, Utah, United States. It is the home of Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Utah Royals of the National Wom ...
, formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium, a soccer stadium in Sandy, Utah, U.S.
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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 the People's Republic of China, who were subsequently accused of bribery and espionage. Two days later, an import executi ...
, a 2009 accusation of bribery and espionage in China
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Rio Tinto FC
Kadoma, formerly known as Gatooma, is a town in Zimbabwe.
Overview
The city is at the centre of a mining area, which provides gold, copper, and nickel. The most significant mine of the region is the Cam and Motor Mine, which is located in Eif ...
, a Zimbabwean football club in Kadoma
See also
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Tinto River (Guayape), a river in Honduras
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Tinto (disambiguation) Tinto is the highest in the Tinto Hills in southern Scotland.
Tinto may also refer to:
* Tinto River, in south-western Andalusia, Spain
* An area of Honduras sometimes counted as part of the Mosquito Coast
* A fictional city in the computer game ...
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