To become a partner

If you wish to register your company at the Rio Tinto Procurement department as a potential supplier, or if you wish you to submit to us any proposal of partnership, you can do so by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

These details will be recorded and used by our procurement team as reference point during the tender identification process. There is a process of business pre-qualification prior to the award of a contract which includes in particular an evaluation of:

1. Your current and past financial status
2. Your standards and policies with regards health, safety and environment
3. Your standards and policies in terms of quality management
4. Your standards and policies relating to human resources management
5. Your policies concerning relations with local communities

For further information concerning our way of proceeding and our commitments vis-à-vis suppliers, as well as the behavior which we require from our suppliers, you can download our document Our general conditions of purchase. You may also want to download The way we work concerning the way Rio Tinto leads its business. To access the Supplier identification form, please click here.