Corporate Body
Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd (1962 - 1997)
- From
- 1962
Australia - To
- June 1997
- Functions
- Resources, Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
- Alternative Names
- CRA (Acronym)
Summary
Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd (CRA) was established in 1962 after an amalgamation between Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd of Broken Hill and the Rio Tinto Company. In 1995 the Australian and British Rio Tinto companies were unified under a single management. Following this, in 1997, CRA became Rio Tinto Limited.
Related entries
Timeline
1905 - 1949 Zinc Corporation Limited
1949 - 1962 Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd
1962 - 1997 Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd
1997 - Rio Tinto Limited
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- CRA Ltd - Records, 1905 - 1997; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Porter, Robert, Rio Tinto in Australia: the origins and formation of an international resources company 1954 - 1995 (Cleveland, Qld: Connorcourt Publishing, 2023), 504 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459247. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
- Ellery, Peter, 'The discovery and development of the Pilbara iron ore fields', Early days, 100 (2016), 37-52. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 June 2001, Last modified: 23 January 2023
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