Rio Tinto: Glob outlook for borates

摘要

Rio Tinto Minerals (RTM), also known in its borates capacity as US Borax Inc., has a global footprint with a tier one borate mine at Boron, California, US. The mine has expansion optionality and RTM also manages identified additional resources in the state, together with a further project in Serbia. Denver, US-headquartered RTM has 140 years of experience in finding, mining, refining, supplying and marketing borate products. Currently, RTM supplies over 30 products to customers in over 100 countries, roughly equating to a 30% share of global sales of refined products. The company has produced under the 20 Mule Team Borax brand for more than 100 years.