Slide 1: Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium: Madagascar Ilmenite Mine
Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Madagascar Ilmenite Mine May 30, 2005 Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 2: Madagascar Ilmenite Mine
Madagascar Ilmenite Mine • Country and Project Location • Project Timeline • Infrastructure Challenges • Environmental Aspects • Social Issues and Regional Development • Time-table & Project Scope Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 3: QMM Madagascar Mine
QMM Madagascar Mine Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 4: Project Key Components
Project Key Components NEW PORT Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 5: Town of Fort-Dauphin
Town of Fort -Dauphin Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 6: Section of Mandena Deposit
Section of Mandena Deposit Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 7: Port Location
Port Location New Ehoala port Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 8: National Road Outside Fort-Dauphin
National Road Outside Fort-Dauphin Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 9: Infrastructure Challenges
Infrastructure Challenges 1.Multi-User Port (Rio Tinto / Government / World Bank) 2.Growth Poles Project (Government / World Bank) 3.Roads 4.Housing Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 10: Environmental Issues
Environmental Issues “Well, we have to work closely with the businessman to have this foreign currency to invest in Madagascar. The most important for me is for the environment, for the future generation.” Marc Ravalomanana President of Madagascar Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne,
Slide 11: Animals and Plants Endemic to Madagascar
Animals and Plants Endemic to Madagascar Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 12: Littoral Forest
Littoral Forest Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 13: Local Dependence on Forest
Local Dependence on Forest Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 14: Environmental Issues
Environmental Issues Strategy: • Full-time environmental programme since 1996 • Ecological Research • Conservation Zones • Plantations • Rehabilitation • Biodiversity management with credible partners – Kew, MBG, Smithsonian, CI, FFI, Earthwatch, Oxford and Hamburg Universities Rio Tinto Iron & Tita
Slide 15: QMM's Ecological Centre
QMM’s Ecological Centre Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 16: Reed Rehabilitation Programme
Reed Rehabilitation Programme Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 17: Social Aspects
Social Aspects • Full-time social programme since 1997 • Extensive consultations • Regional Development Bodies • Land use agreements (“dinas”) • Maximise local hiring and provide housing • Promote local business (role of port) • Improve health care and education • Partners - Care, PSI, USAid • World
Slide 18: Village Consultations
Village Consultations Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 19: National AIDS Workshop
National AIDS Workshop Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 20: Regional AIDS Workshop
Regional AIDS Workshop Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSands-Melbourne, 2005
Slide 21: Summary
Madagascar Summary • Social and environmental issues are major project risks • Reputation and track record will matter increasingly in future • Access to: – Ore bodies – Finance – Employees – Markets • Size of the effort required • Ensuring maintenance of standards Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – M
Slide 22: Time-table & Project Scope
Time-table & Project Scope 1. Rio Tinto Investment Decision in Q3, 2005 2. First ilmenite production in Q1, 2009 3. Project scope = 750,000 tpa of a 61% TiO2 ilmenite 4. Majority of ilmenite to be smelted in Canada at QIT 5. New, high-quality 91% chloride slag Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc. – MinSan