Doing business with us

Strong relationships are essential to our success.

As a global business, we work with a multitude of suppliers, customers, partners, communities, governments and agencies. We strive to make it easy for all stakeholders to do business with us.

Every day and everywhere we operate, our decisions and actions are guided by Rio Tinto’s core values.

Caring – being mindful
While at work, we look after each other and make sure we’re healthy and safe.
Whatever we do, we go out of our way to protect the environment.
Where we work, we support and respect local communities, making a positive difference to everyday life
 
Pioneering – leading the way for others
We encourage creative thinking and new ways of doing things.
We work innovatively and decisively to look after our economic future for the people we work with and our shareholders.
We invest in the best technologies, drawing on skills and know how to make our business successful.
 
Ambitious – being world class
We’re empowered to make the right decisions and achieve great things.
We set the highest of standards, creating value for shareholders and benefits for everyone we work with.
We have the courage to face challenges and uphold the strong reputation we’ve built.
 
Integrity – doing things right
We treat everyone with respect and encourage openness and honesty.
We commit to doing things right, applying insight and experience to run our business responsibly.
We carry out our work ethically and sustainably providing the best outcome for both human and natural environments, now and in the future.

We conduct our business with integrity, honesty and fairness at all times. We comply with relevant local laws and regulations and international standards. We also adhere to our own high standards worldwide.

Our employees support free and fair competition, and promote the rule of the law. We recently implemented a compliance programme based on a continuously developing system of:

• Training
• Monitoring
• Procedural checks and balances

We are a fully integrated primary aluminium producer, supplying bauxite, alumina and aluminium. The bauxite we produce feeds our alumina refineries. Most of our refineries’ output goes to our smelters. The balance is placed in the traded alumina market.

Our smelters supply diverse downstream manufacturing customers with primary aluminium in the form of:

• Billet
• Rolling slab
• Remelt ingot 
• T-bar

We work closely with our customers to meet their needs. We constantly seek to improve our product quality and delivery performance. We also continue to initiate projects that deliver social, economic and environmental benefits.

If you are interested in our products, please contact us.

We source a diverse range of goods, materials and services to sustain our operations. That is why safe, efficient and innovative suppliers and contractors play a critical role in our success.

Our procurement activities are coordinated through Rio Tinto Procurement. This ensures a fair evaluation and selection process is applied consistently to all prospective suppliers.

Rio Tinto Procurement’s systems are based on appropriate methods of competition among qualified suppliers of goods and services. They also ensure the intellectual property of suppliers is protected.

Suppliers are chosen on the basis of:

• Ability to meet our stated needs and required standards
• Health, safety and environmental considerations
• Quality and service
• Competitive pricing
• Technical capabilities
• Consistency with our values

We encourage you to visit and register on the Rio Tinto Procurement website. You will find pertinent information relating to the supply of goods, materials and services to us.