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Rio Tinto Chosen to Supply Wal-Mart with Responsibly Produced Jewelry.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 15-JUL-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
LONDON -- Rio Tinto has been chosen by Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, to provide gold and silver for fully traceable, responsibly-produced jewelry. The partnership is part of a Wal-Mart initiative to achieve 100 percent traceability for all of the gold and silver jewelry sold at its stores.

Wal-Mart's Love, Earth[R] jewelry collection will be produced with 100 percent traceable gold and silver mined and manufactured based on industry-leading criteria. The project will initially focus on gold and silver jewelry using metal from Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC) Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah. The jewelry will be sold at Wal-Mart stores and Sam's Club locations, and online at walmart.com...

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