Sale of Eurallumina interest

Thursday, 17 August 2006

Rio Tinto Aluminium announced today that it had sold its 56.2 per cent share in the Eurallumina SpA refinery in Sardinia, Italy, to RUSAL.

The sale is conditional on customary joint venture partner rights.

The sale price is confidential under the terms of the sales agreement, but it is not material as a percentage of the Rio Tinto Group’s net assets.

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