Queensland Alumina Limited

Rio Tinto PLC
5 September 2001

Queensland Alumina Limited 
 
 
Comalco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has completed the
acquisition from Kaiser Aluminium of an 8.3% stake in the Queensland Alumina
Limited (QAL) refinery at Gladstone, Queensland. The transaction was
announced on 18 June 2001. The acquisition increases Comalco's interest in
QAL from 30.3% to 38.6%.
 
 
For further information, please contact:
 
 

                                                                  
              LONDON                     AUSTRALIA                
              Media Relations            Media Relations          
              Lisa Cullimore             Ian Head                 
              + 44 (0) 20 7753 2305      [phone]      
              Investor Relations         Investor Relations       
              Peter Cunningham           Dave Skinner             
              + 44 (0) 20 7753 2401      [phone]      
              Jonathan Murrin            Daphne Morros            
              + 44 (0) 20 7753 2326      [phone]      
 
 
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