Sale of Eurallumina interest
Rio Tinto PLC
17 August 2006
Sale of Eurallumina interest
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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