<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-21-007218.txt : 20210420
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20210420
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210420

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RIO TINTO PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863064
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10533
		FILM NUMBER:		21838203

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 ST JAMES'S SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON, SW1Y 4AD
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44 20 7781 1623

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RIO TINTO SERVICES INC.
		STREET 2:		80 STATE STREET
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12207-2543

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RTZ CORPORATION PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RIO TINTO LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887028
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			C3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34121
		FILM NUMBER:		21838204

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		120 COLLINS STREET
		STREET 2:		MELBOURNE
		CITY:			VICTORIA 3000
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			AUSTRALIA
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44 20 7781 1623

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RIO TINTO SERVICES INC.
		STREET 2:		80 STATE STREET
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12207-2543

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CRA LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950725
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i3bd9ea3a5d9d4a939eb302afabfe29f0_1"></div><div style="min-height:60pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3.05pt;padding-left:82.4pt;padding-right:82.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:80.8pt;padding-right:80.8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="padding-left:82.37pt;padding-right:82.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Specialized Disclosure Report</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:93.729%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:50.186%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.614%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.42pt;padding-right:12.42pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:111%">Commission file number&#58; 001-10533</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.45pt;padding-right:12.45pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:111%">Commission file number&#58; 000-20122</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:5.45pt;padding-left:12.45pt;padding-right:12.45pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:111%">Rio Tinto plc</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:5.45pt;padding-left:12.45pt;padding-right:12.45pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:111%">Rio Tinto Limited</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.35pt;padding-right:12.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:107%">ABN 96 004 458 404</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.4pt;padding-right:12.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.47pt;padding-right:12.47pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:6.75pt;padding-left:12.45pt;padding-right:12.45pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:109%">6 St James&#8217;s Square</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:6.75pt;padding-left:12.42pt;padding-right:12.42pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:109%">Level 7, 360 Collins Street</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.5pt;padding-right:12.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:106%">London, SW1Y 4AD, United Kingdom</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.4pt;padding-right:12.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:106%">Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.47pt;padding-right:12.47pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:12.4pt;padding-right:12.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:10.45pt;padding-left:145.9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Julie Parent, T&#58; 514-848-8519</font></div><div style="padding-left:142.2pt;padding-right:91.35pt;text-indent:-53.05pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:9.8pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:11.65pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">_X_</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.</font></div><div style="height:62pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><img alt="image_01.jpg" src="image_01.jpg" style="height:20px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px"></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i3bd9ea3a5d9d4a939eb302afabfe29f0_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:60pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3.1pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:274.3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:231%">Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div style="padding-left:5.95pt;padding-right:8.65pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Specialized Disclosure Form (&#8220;Form SD&#8221;) of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited (hereafter &#8220;Rio Tinto&#8221;) is being filed in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Act of 1934 (&#8220;Rule&#8221;) for the reporting period ending December 31, 2020. The Rule imposes disclosure requirements of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which the Conflict Minerals (defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The term &#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221; means cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite and their derivatives which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt;padding-right:8.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, gold, industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide and salt), iron ore and uranium.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt;padding-right:8.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Rio Tinto undertook an assessment of all of its products and identified subsidiaries of Rio Tinto that are within the scope of the Rule&#58; Kennecott Utah Copper LLC (&#8220;Kennecott&#8221;)&#59; Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc. (&#8220;RTFT&#8221;) and Rio Tinto Iron &#38; Titanium (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (&#8220;RTIT&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:6pt;padding-right:8.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;), Rio Tinto has no reason to believe that the Conflict Minerals contained in its products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (&#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Kennecott</font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt;padding-right:8.55pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Kennecott is based in the United States of America and produces gold bars. Kennecott&#8217;s gold production is certified by the Responsible Jewellery Council Chain of Custody Certification (C0000 0059) and the London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Certificate. As part of Kennecott&#8217;s raw materials purchasing procedure for the production of gold bars, a component of the chain custody management system requires that all purchased copper concentrate and gold slime materials have a certificate of origin. Kennecott has used this data to complete the RCOI and confirm that gold used in Kennecott&#8217;s gold bars did not originate in the Covered Countries. Kennecott is listed on the Responsible Minerals Initiative Conflict Free Gold Refiners List (CID000969) as compliant with the relevant Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">RTFT and RTIT</font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt;padding-right:8.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-0.05pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">RTFT and RTIT manufacture iron and steel powders at their respective sites&#58; Sorel-Tracy in Quebec, Canada for RTFT and Suzhou in China for RTIT. Both sites produce certain metal powders that include a bronze additive which contains tin. Both RTFT and RTIT source the bronze additive from a single supplier who has confirmed that the tin does not come from any of the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6.05pt;padding-right:132.2pt;text-indent:-0.05pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In accordance with Rule, the Form SD is posted on Rio Tinto&#8217;s web site at </font><font style="color:#0562c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">https&#58;&#47;&#47;www.riotinto.com&#47;sustainability&#47;sustainability-reporting</font></div><div style="height:62pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><img alt="image_01.jpg" src="image_01.jpg" style="height:20px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px"></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i3bd9ea3a5d9d4a939eb302afabfe29f0_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3.7pt;padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:5.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.2pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Rio Tinto plc&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Rio Tinto Limited</font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">(Registrant)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(Registrant)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Steve Allen</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Steve Allen</font></div><div style="padding-left:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Name   Steve Allen&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Name    Steve Allen</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Company Secretary&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Title&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Joint Company Secretary</font></div><div style="padding-left:5.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;April 20, 2021&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Date&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;April 20, 2021</font></div><div style="height:62pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><img alt="image_01.jpg" src="image_01.jpg" style="height:20px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px"></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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