Coal & Allied - 3QOR 2007

Rio Tinto PLC 17 October 2007 Rio Tinto's 75.7 per cent owned subsidiary, Coal & Allied Industries Limited, issued the following news release in Australia. All dollars are Australian currency. Coal & Allied production report for the quarter ended 30 September 2007 CNA 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 9 months 9 months '000 tonnes (100% basis) interest 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 Hunter Valley Operations 100% Thermal coal production 2,435 2,264 2,316 2,020 1,883 7,957 6,219 Semi-soft coking coal production 419 616 331 381 460 1,188 1,173 Bengalla Mine 40% Thermal coal production 1,618 1,433 1,315 1,070 1,394 4,112 3,779 Mount Thorley Operations (a) 80% Thermal coal production (b) 494 857 657 280 261 2,045 1,198 Semi-soft coking coal production 253 125 163 137 393 869 693 Warkworth Mine (a) 55.6% Thermal coal production (b) 1,803 1,686 1,343 1,172 1,663 5,328 4,178 Semi-soft coking coal production 90 130 51 216 133 197 400 Total coal production 7,112 7,110 6,177 5,276 6,186 21,696 17,639 Total sales (c) 7,028 6,450 6,671 5,725 6,218 21,184 18,614 Coal & Allied share Coal production 5,151 5,248 4,605 3,934 4,422 16,191 12,961 Coal sales ('000 tonnes) 4,997 4,769 4,995 4,320 4,531 15,641 13,847 (a) Production can be sourced from either mining lease and is allocated over the year based on the tonnage commitment ratio contractually agreed between the Mount Thorley and Warkworth joint ventures. (b) Q2 split between Mount Thorley Operations and Warkworth Mine production has been restated. This has no impact on Q2 total coal production. (c) Sales relate only to coal mined by the operations and exclude traded coal. Production figures are sometimes more precise than the rounded numbers shown, hence small differences may result between the total of the quarter figures and the full year figures. Production Constraints in the Hunter Valley coal chain continued to limit coal production. Total coal produced was 14 per cent lower than the corresponding quarter in 2006 and 12 per cent higher than the second quarter of 2007, which was adversely impacted by severe flooding in June. Sales Coal sales in the third quarter were in line with allocated port capacity. Other There was no exploration activity during the quarter. Media Relations, London Media Relations, Australia Christina Mills Ian Head Office: +44 (0) 20 8080 1306 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Mobile: +44 (0) 7825 275 605 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Nick Cobban Amanda Buckley Office: +44 (0) 20 8080 1305 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3627 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 041 003 Mobile: +61 (0) 419 801 349 Investor Relations, London Investor Relations, Australia Nigel Jones Dave Skinner Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Investor Relations, North America David Ovington Jason Combes Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +1 (0) 801 685 4535 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 010 978 Mobile: +1 (0) 801 558 2645 Email: questions@riotinto.com Website: www.riotinto.com High resolution photographs available at: www.newscast.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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