Rio Tinto (corporation)
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Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation. It was founded in 1873 when a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish government. It has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions. Although primarily focused on extraction of minerals, it also has significant operations in refining, particularly the refining of bauxite and iron ore. It has joint head offices in London, England and Melbourne, Australia.
The company's name comes from the Rio Tinto in south-western Spain.
Hugh Matheson led the purchase of the Rio Tinto mines from Spain, and was the company's first president.
Pyrite was a major product of Rio Tinto's first mines.
Rio Tinto (river)
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The Río Tinto 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. The Rio Tinto river has a unique red and orange colour derived from its chemical makeup that is extremely acidic and with very high levels of iron and heavy metals.
The Rio Tinto in 2006
Rio Tinto river