Local communities
Rio Tinto Aluminium operates in five communities throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, where we conduct our mining, refining and smelting activities.
We are committed to building a sustainable future with our neighbours through mutually beneficial partnerships and programmes. Our operations have established community relations programmes to ensure ongoing business priorities remain relevant and consistent with those of the communities within which we operate. All managed operations work within their five year community plans, linking community programmes to business outcomes.
Anglesey
Anglesey Aluminium Metal is jointly owned by Rio Tinto (51 per cent) and Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation (49 per cent) and began operating in 1971.
Bell Bay
Rio Tinto Aluminium's Bell Bay smelter is located on the Tamar River near George Town in Northern Tasmania, Australia.
Gladstone
The Gladstone region represents Rio Tinto Aluminium's largest concentration of assets: the Yarwun alumina refinery, Boyne Smelters Limited, Gladstone Power Station and Queensland Alumina Limited.
Tiwai Point
Rio Tinto Aluminium operates New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited located on Tiwai Point, near Invercargill, New Zealand and maintains a small corporate office in Wellington, New Zealand.
Weipa
Rio Tinto Aluminium began mining activity at Weipa in the late 1950s, following discovery of the vast bauxite resource by Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd geologist Harry Evans in 1955.
