The high quality of Sorelmetal® is supported by a team of experienced metallurgists dedicated to providing the worldwide foundry industry with product and service excellence.

Our Expertise Optimizes Your Operations
At Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, technical service means a lot. Our team of foundry experts goes over each step of Ductile Iron production with you and helps you to solve or prevent real or potential problems in order to optimize your manufacturing processes. In addition, you have access to detailed technical publications containing answers to your questions about the production of Ductile Iron.

International Seminars
Rio Tinto and its regional distributors jointly organize seminars worldwide where current research results are presented and production problems discussed.

Top Research Team
At Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, we know the importance of R&D. Our team of dedicated researchers is constantly exploring and developing Ductile Iron Technology to broaden and extend its field of applications. Rio Tinto is a founding member of the Ductile Iron Marketing Group whose objective is to expand the market for Ductile Iron castings.

Our Technical Literature Keeps You Informed
Rio Tinto & Titanium publishes books, brochures and suggestion sheets designed to inform customers and consumers about the properties of Ductile Iron, its production techniques and the latest technological advances in the field. See our Publications section.

The Ductile Iron Data Book and other technical publications about Ductile Iron
Rio Tinto has taken an aggressive role in the marketing of Ductile Iron as an engineering material. Ductile Iron castings have replaced other materials and manufacturing processes resulting in improved performance or lower production costor both. The Ductile Iron Data Book for Design Engineers is one of several technical marketing publications published by Rio Tinto. This reference text contains over 250 pages of Ductile Iron data including specifications, properties and applications.