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Invested in Canada 2018
Invested in Canada 2018
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02 Rio Tinto in Canada
03 Economic impact
04 Pioneering minerals and metals
development in Canada
05 Our businesses in Canada
Rio Tinto was celebrated for its commitment to
07 Our people
sustainability, innovation, and job creation by the
Canadian-American Business Council. Rio Tinto’s
09 Communities and Indigenous peoples $6.4B modernization of the Kitimat smelter, which
marked its first year of full production in 2017, is the
11 Sustainable development and safety single largest investment by a private company in
British Columbia. Rio Tinto increased its production
13 Our operations in Canada at Kitimat by almost 50 percent and reduced its
greenhouse gas emissions by half.
Front cover: Kitimat, British Columbia
We are proud that our Montreal office, the headquarters for Rio
Tinto’s Aluminum business, was named a global hub for Rio Tinto’s
operations. The expansion of Montreal’s responsibilities reflects our
deep commitment to our businesses in Canada for the long term.
Alf Barrios
Chief executive, Rio Tinto Aluminium
Headquarters in Montreal, Quebec
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Rio Tinto in Canada
We are the largest mining and metals business In addition to mining, we are proud to operate some
operating in Canada today, with around 15 000 of the most energy efficient and sustainable alumina
people working at over 35 sites and operations and aluminum smelting and processing facilities in
across the country. In 2018, Rio Tinto celebrates the the world, right here in Canada. This year, we are
145th anniversary of our incorporation as a company. proud to achieve the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
(ASI) certification. Rio Tinto is the first company to
Rio Tinto has longstanding partnerships with meet the rigorous performance criteria for responsible
communities, businesses, customers and production, greenhouse gas emissions, waste
institutions across Canada to create mutual management, material stewardship, and biodiversity.
value, improve our business performance, and
demonstrate responsible leadership in our sector. We also undertake exploration activities, and operate
research and development centres, port and rail
We are invested in Canadians and communities facilities, and technical and sales service centres,
and are a committed partner in the stewardship of with hydroelectric facilities in British Columbia
Canada’s natural resources. and Quebec.
Rio Tinto’s extensive operations in Canada include Rio Tinto recently announced that its Montreal office,
mining interests in iron ore, diamonds, and currently the global headquarters for the Aluminum
titanium dioxide. business, would also serve as a global hub for
Rio Tinto operations.
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Rio Tinto’s economic impact in Canada
$8.3B
Total investment
Over 35 over the last 7 years
sites in Canada
Canada’s largest metals
and mining company
$10.5 billion $1 million $558 million
Gross Investment Average annual
sales revenues per contributions in
day in Quebec Canadian taxes
and royalties
All figures in Canadian dollars.
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Pioneering minerals and metals
development in Canada
Rio Tinto is developing minerals and metals in Canada sustainably, responsibly, and safely.
By pioneering the use of innovative technology, we produce the materials essential for
human progress.
Low carbon aluminum
Rio Tinto Aluminum’s Canadian energy portfolio
is 100 percent carbon free. It is the cleanest in the
industry and mainly from self-generated hydropower Aluminum plays a very important role for us
facilities. Because of this, and our world-class AP
and our promise to the customer is that they’re
technology, in Canada we produce some of the
lowest carbon footprint aluminum in the world, always going to have a sustainably produced,
providing the materials essential to transition to a high quality product. Rio Tinto was a very
low-carbon future. early adopter of the concept of responsible
aluminum, and we’re very proud to be working
Windpower in Diavik
The Diavik Diamond Mine operates the largest closely with them, together, as part of the ASI.
hybrid wind-diesel power facility at a remote mine
Daniel Weston
site in the world. Since coming on line in 2012, the General Counsel and Global Head – Nespresso
windfarm has offset Diavik’s diesel use by over 18
million litres and reduced the overall GHG emissions
by 51 thousand tonnes. Investing in the future
The $450M A21 pipe development will begin
production in 2018, providing an important source
of diamond supply for Diavik and ensuring the
continuation of existing production levels until
closure. Diavik’s innovative design and engineering
technology was used to construct the A21 dike,
which is located just offshore of Lac de Gras in the
Northwest Territories.
Windpower at the Diavik Mine, Northwest Territories
2018 will also mark the opening of IOC’s Wabush 3
mining project in Labrador West. This $79M
investment will increase our ore output by about five
Reducing our waste at RTFT million tonnes per year and extend the life of the
Rio Tinto Fer et Titaine has partnered with Agro-100, mine by 12 years.
an agriculture research company, with the objective
of giving a second life to the by-products produced
by the sulphur dioxide capture system at the
metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracey.
Together with Agro-100, we are looking to recycle
our by-products so that they can be used as nutrient
additives in agriculture. Our goal is to reduce our
waste and find innovative uses for the materials
we produce.
IOC, Labrador City Mine operation, Labrador City, Newfoundland
and Labrador
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Our businesses in Canada
Aluminum
Building on more than a century of experience and expertise in
Canada, Rio Tinto is a global leader in the aluminum business.
Headquartered in Montreal, its fully integrated facilities include
high-quality bauxite mines, large-scale alumina refineries and
some of the world’s most technologically advanced primary
aluminum smelters. Due to hydropower in British Columbia and
Quebec, and its AP technology, Rio Tinto produces some of the
lowest carbon footprints for aluminum smelting in the world,
right here in Canada.
Aluminum product
Saguenay, Quebec
Iron Ore
The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) is a leading Canadian
producer of iron ore pellets and concentrate, serving customers
worldwide. The company operates a mine, a concentrator and a
pelletizing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as
well as port facilities located in Sept-Iles, Quebec. It also operates
a 418 kilometer railway that links the mine to the port.
Iron Ore Company of Canada operations
Sept-ÎIes, Quebec
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Diamonds
Located 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, the Diavik Diamond Mine began production in 2003
and became an integrated surface and underground mining
operation in 2012. The mine produces predominantly gem-
quality diamonds destined for high-end jewelry in all major
consumer markets around the world. The Diavik Diamond Mine is
instrumental in making Canada the world’s third largest diamond
producer by value.
Diavik Diamond Mine
Northwest Territories
Ilmenite and Titanium
Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) pioneered the process of removing
iron from ilmenite and has operated in Quebec for more than 65
years. It is one of the leading manufacturers of raw materials for
the titanium dioxide industry and a producer of high-quality cast
iron, steel and metal powders, with a mining facility at Lac Tio in
Havre-Saint-Pierre and a cutting-edge metallurgical complex in
Sorel-Tracy. RTFT’s open pit mine sits on the largest massive rock
ilmenite deposit in the world.
Rio Tinto Fer et Titaine facilities
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
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Our people
Diverse
Rio Tinto understands that a diverse workforce
and leadership team contributes to the long term
I am proud to work for Rio Tinto. Our success of our business. We strive to develop,
engage and retain talented and enthusiastic
commitment to our employees and the people, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity,
community spans generations – in IOC nationality, sexual orientation, politics, religion, or
we have fourth generation workers in physical ability.
our mines. Investing for the long term in Local
our people, the communities where we Rio Tinto favours hiring locally from the
operate, and the challenges that unite us communities where we operate. We support and
encourage the development of sustainable and self-
all, is part of the DNA of our company. sufficient community-based businesses.
Clayton Walker
President and CEO Leaders
Iron Ore Company of Canada Rio Tinto invests in its people over the long term.
We recruit based on skills and experience, and
we build our employees’ skills and capabilities by
providing quality leadership training at every level of
the organization.
Each day brings something different. One
day I’m helping to plan a largescale event,
the next day I’m out in the plant doing video
work and meeting with employees, then the
next day, I might be attending meetings with
the company’s stakeholders. The Kitimat
team is a diverse group who love their jobs
and I find myself able to learn so much from
such a passionate group.
Vanessa Jules-Bolton
Student
Vanessa Jules-Bolton
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Supporting our superior
resource operations in Canada
is a world-class team of 15 000
Canadians who are central to
our success.
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Communities and Indigenous peoples
Rio Tinto strives to achieve long term partnerships with communities where we operate, to
develop shared objectives and deliver mutual value and benefits.
Our Statement of Commitment to Indigenous
Peoples outlines our focus on continued partnership
in the areas of:
• Education, skills and training
• Cultural education and preservation
• Economic development
• Environmental stewardship
Committed to Indigenous education
As a company with innovation, science and
technology at our core, we recognize the value of
education as a building block for strong, thriving
communities today and in the future.
In partnership with Indspire, we sponsor the
Rio Tinto Award for Indigenous Students, a bursary
program that supports Canadian Indigenous youth I decided to study Civil Engineering
as they pursue postsecondary studies and training. Technology to learn how to build
Indspire has a proven track record – 95% of students
supported by Indspire graduate. sustainable infrastructure in our northern
communities. With Rio Tinto’s Award and
Rio Tinto also sponsors Alloprof, which provides free Indspire, I graduate this year. From the
homework help to all elementary, high school, and
adult general education students in Quebec both by bottom of my heart, Thank you / Miigwetch.
phone and online.
Ashley Moreau
Indspire Recipient
Across our business units, we provide funding for
scholarships in Diavik, financial support to the
Fondation du Cégep de Sorel-Tracy, and Chicoutimi
as well as research fellowships in eight Canadian
universities.
Totem Pole unveiling at BC Works Roberta Jamieson, CEO of Indspire with Alf Barrios, Chief executive Rio
Tinto Aluminium
09Tłı̨chǫ Įmbè Program
Rio Tinto partnered with the Tłı̨ chǫ Government on
the Įmbè program that connects youth and elders
in an intensive cultural learning program. As a part
of this program, members of Diavik’s environment
team organized water and sediment sampling
workshops, showcasing the various careers and
opportunities in mining.
Pathways to education
Rio Tinto pledged $3.5M between 2017 and 2020 Students engaging in water and sediment sampling workshops with
Diavik employees in Behchokǫ̀, as part of the Įmbè program.
to help give Quebec students from low-income
communities the tools and life skills to graduate
from high school. Pathways serves close to 1000 Traditional knowledge panel in Diavik
students in Quebec. The Traditional Knowledge Panel operating in
Diavik brings together Indigenous elders and
Through Pathways, Rio Tinto supported the creation youth selected by their community to engage in
of PASS, a unique program developed in partnership environmental management and monitoring, most
with the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, Quebec. notably as it relates to closure planning for the
The only program of its kind with an Indigenous mine. The Traditional Knowledge Panel applies
community in Canada, PASS provides homework their knowledge of historical caribou migrations
support and culturally relevant afterschool activities and behaviour, water quality and flow patterns,
to First Nations youth living on reserve. We are also vegetation and the interaction of all aspects of
a proud supporter of the Breakfast Club of Canada, the environment to identify concepts, values,
helping to provide a healthy breakfast to more than understandings, and complexities to be considered
1200 students in 14 schools across northern British for closure options across the site.
Columbia and Quebec.
Watershed management in Saguenay
The safe management of Rio Tinto’s hydroelectric
facilities in Quebec is critically important to the
business. Rio Tinto pioneered the creation of flood
monitoring technology and we can now precisely
anticipate which areas of the community will be
impacted by potential flood events. This system was
tested in 2017, when record levels of rainfall lead to
significant flooding in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-
Jean region. Our flood prediction technology and
our close partnership with the community helped to
protect public safety and prevent further damage.
Collective artwork at Kassinu Mamu High School in Mashteuiatsh
Shipshaw hydropower plant, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
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Sustainable development and safety
Rio Tinto’s contribution to sustainable
development
Sustainable development is a fundamental
aspect of our everyday activities, and across the
entire lifecycle of our projects and operations. By
listening carefully to the goals and concerns of our
stakeholders and communities, and consistently
aiming to align their needs and our own, we work to
develop more responsible ways to find, mine, and
process the minerals and metals to improve modern
Diavik geologist sharing prospecting and geological information with
life. Throughout this process, safety remains at the students in Whatì, Northwest Territories.
forefront of everything we do.
Rio Tinto Aluminum and CGI four year
RTFT supports wetlands in Grèves Regional Park partnership
Rio Tinto invested in the protection of wetlands With a focus on safety and productivity, Rio Tinto
at the Grèves Regional Park near the Sorel-Tracy partnered with Canadian firm CGI to further boost
plant, by funding the development of a raised the performance of aluminum operations through
walking path. The new path will allow residents the use of advanced data analytics and information
to access the area, for free, while protecting the technology systems. CGI will provide specialized
surrounding ecosystem. support to Rio Tinto’s Aluminum Operational Centre
in Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean over the next four years
under a $30M contract.
IOC celebrated for Transportation Safety
IOC was recognized for its commitment to safety
by the Quebec Transport Excellence Awards, for
the creation of geotechnical risk management
database for the railway operations. Since the
database’s implementation in 2017, IOC has been
able to anticipate and prevent dangerous events
that occur as a result of erosion created by adverse
Gréves Regional Park Opening, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
weather conditions.
White Sturgeon Conservation Program
Rio Tinto partnered with the District of Vanderhoof,
BC Freshwater Fisheries, and the Governments
of British Columbia and Canada to build and
operate the Nechako White Sturgeon Hatchery.
The annual Nechako White Sturgeon Release Day
is a demonstration of Rio Tinto’s commitment to
protecting this endangered species.
Train carrying ore pellets, Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador
Left: White Sturgeon release day,
British Columbia
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RTX helicopter supported
reconnaissance work in the Yukon.
An RTX geologist measures rock
formations during reconnaissance
work in the Yukon.
13Exploration: Investing in the Future
Operating in multiple jurisdictions across Using the latest technology, and with safety at
Canada, Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) is the heart of everything we do, our exploration
actively looking for the mineral deposits that teams are looking for copper, diamonds, nickel
will become the mines of the future. Canada and platinum group elements, uranium, and
is an important part of RTX’s global portfolio titanium resources in Canada. We take pride
of high quality exploration projects, with in being a responsible community partner in
active programs in the Northwest Territories, the areas where we operate, laying the ground
Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec. work for strong, mutually beneficial, and long-
lasting partnerships.
An RTX exploration camp in
Northern Saskatchewan
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Exploring for 5 different
commodities across Canada
Copper
Diamonds
Ni/PGE
Uranium
Titanium
Greenfield projects
Brownfield projects
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Our operations in Canada
ALUMINUM COPPER & DIAMONDS
1 Kemano HE Diavik Diamond Mine (60%)
2 Kitimat AL 1 Yellowknife OF
3 Strathcona AL 2 Lac de Gras MI
4 Beauharnois AL
Montreal OF ENERGY & MINERALS
5 Bécancour (25.1%) AL Iron Ore Company of Canada
Quebec City OF (IOC – 58.7%)
1 Montreal OF
6 Saguenay
– Administrative centre – 2 Sept-Îles OF TR
OF 3 Labrador City CO MI PP TR
– Aluminum excellence centre OF
– AP60 AL 4 Regina OF
– Arvida AL
– Arvida Research and Rio Tinto Fer et Titane
Development Centre RD 5 Sorel-Tracy CO FT OF RD TR
– Chute-à-Caron HE
– Dubuc AL 6 Havre-Saint-Pierre OF TR
1
– Grande-Baie AL Lac Tio TR MI
– Laterrière AL
– Port-Alfred TR
– Regional Economic RIO TINTO CORPORATE
Development OF SUPPORT OFFICES
– Roberval-Saguenay TR 1 Vancouver OF
– Shipshaw HE
– Vaudreuil AR 2 Ottawa OF
7 Alma AL 3 Montreal OF
– Chute-du-Diable HE
– Chute-à-la-Savane HE
– Isle-Maligne HE
KEY
– North centre –
Power division OF AL Aluminum smelters and/or 1
casting/production centre 2 3
8 Chute-des-Passes HE
AR
9 Sept-Îles (40%) AL CO Concentrator
FT
metal powders plants
HE
1
MI Mine
OF
PP Pellet plant
RD R&D
TR Port and rail
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