WEIPA, QUEENSLAND: Bauxite. 2008 output: 20,006,000 tonnes Sale of 30% stake worth $1.2 billion Queensland. Sale of 50% stake worth $500 million.
YARWUN, QUEENSLAND: Alumina refinery, output in 2008 1,293,000 tonnes. Sale of 50% stake at a price of $500 million. . Rio's revised stake will be 50%.
BOYNE ISLAND, QUEENSLAND: Aluminium smelter, output in 2008 552,000 tonnes. Sale of 29.40% stake to raise Chinalco's stake to 49% at a cost of $450 million with Gladstone Power deal. Rio's revised stake will be 30%.
GLADSTONE POWER, QUEENSLAND: Capacity 1680 megawatts. Sale of 20.6% stake to raise Chinalco's stake to 49% at a cost of $450 million with Boyne Island deal. Rio's revised stake will be 21.50%
ESCONDIDA COPPER MINE, CHILE: Output in 2008 992,400 tonnes of copper in concentrate. Sale of 15% stake to raise Chinalco's stake to 49.75%. Rio's revised stake will be 15%. Value of deal $3.388 billion
GRASBERG, PAPUA PROVINCE, INDONESIA: Copper and gold mine. Output in 2008: 467,500 tonnes of copper in concentrate and 1.1 million ounces of gold. Sale of 12% stake to raise Chinalco's stake to 30%. Rio's revised stake will be 28%. Value of deal $400 million.
LA GRANJA, PERU: Copper and zinc project. Resource: 2.8 billion tonnes of Inferred Resources; grading 0.51 percent copper and 0.1 percent zinc. Sale of 30% stake worth $50 million.
KENNECOTT COPPER, UTAH: 238,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate and 200,600
tonnes of refined copper. Sale of 25% stake worth $700 million. Rio’s revised stake will be 75%.
HAMERSLEY IRON, WEST AUSTRALIA: Sale of 15% stake worth $5.15 billion. 2008 OUTPUT: 95.55 million tonnes. Rio’s revised stake will be 85%/
DEVELOPMENT FUND 1: sale of 50% stake worth $500 million
TOTAL $12.338 billion.
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