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Rio Tinto Assets by Region
United States 16%
Australia 60%
2% Indonesia
2%Europe
4%S America3%Africa
Canada 13%
Data under UKGAAP
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Rio Tinto Aluminium Assets
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Primary aluminium production by region 1980-2004
1980(16 million tonnes)
Japan7%
Middle East1%
Others8%
China2%
CIS17%
Australia2%
Africa3%
Brazil2%
Canada7%
United States29%
Western Europe
22%
2004(27 million tonnes)
Others9%
United States10%
Africa6%
China22%
CIS14%
Australia6%
Western Europe
14%
Canada9%
Brazil5%
Middle East5%
Source: International Aluminium Institute
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Worldwide, aluminium products are becoming less GHG intense on a per tonne shipped basis
This is due to:
• Lower emissions from primary aluminium facilities
• Improvements in energy efficiency
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• Increases in the percentage of recycled metal relative to primary metal
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Source: International Aluminium Institute
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The Aluminium Inventory – a mine of energy
• Since 1888, over 700 million tonnes of aluminium have been produced.
• About three quarters of this metal is still in productive use.
• Recycling the metal currently stored in use would equal 15 years’ primary aluminium output.
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Global Metal Pool (Inventory) (tonnes)
Total Metal Produced (tonnes)
Source: International Aluminium Institute
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Vehicle Lightweighting could offset emissions from the total production of primary aluminium worldwide
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Total GHG emissions from aluminium production (primary and recycled sources)
Vehicle lightweighting offsets emissions from
production of aluminium
Source: International Aluminium Institute