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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Copper mines, Copper mining companies, Copper mining in the United States, Rio Tinto Group, Codelco, BHP Billiton, Vedanta Resources, Copper extraction techniques, Copper mining in Michigan, Anaconda Copper, Copper mining in Arizona, Boliden AB, MMC Norilsk Nickel, Xstrata, Escondida, Compania Minera San Esteban Primera, Minera Andes, Grupo Mexico, Phelps Dodge, Madneuli JSC, SIBPLAZ, RTB Bor, Donner Metals, New Gold, Hindustan Copper Limited, San Manuel Copper Mine, Kazakhmys, List of countries by copper production, Antofagasta PLC, Aurubis, Hindalco Industries, Minerals and Metals Group, Gecamines, Copper Mine, Virgin Gorda, Cumerio, Cuprom, Sterlite Industries, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, Southern Copper Corporation, El Boleo, Copper in Africa, Palabora, Saindak Copper Gold Project, Braden Copper Company, OZ Minerals, Mwana Africa, Konkola Copper Mines, Cumerio Med, Bindura Nickel Corporation, Tenke Mining, CupruMin, Adastra Minerals. Excerpt: The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the Spanish government. Since then, the company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Although primarily focused on extraction of minerals, Rio Tinto also has significant operations in refining, particularly for refining bauxite and iron ore. The company has operations on six continents but is mainly concentrated in Australia and Canada, and owns gross assets valued at $81 billion through a complex web of wholly and ...
