Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Rio Tinto is a global mining group focused on extracting and processing mineral resources across various commodities.
Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a global mining and metals enterprise focused on the exploration, mining, processing, and distribution of mineral resources. Operating across more than 30 countries with a workforce exceeding 60,000 employees, the company supplies raw materials essential for industrial infrastructure, urbanisation, and energy transition technologies. Its diversified portfolio spans major metals and industrial minerals, including iron ore, aluminium, copper, lithium, diamonds, titanium dioxide, borates, and salt. The company maintains large-scale production hubs and supply chains across Oceania, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, supported by integrated rail, port, refining, and smelting infrastructure.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Rio Tinto
- Iron Ore Operations: Extraction and processing of high-grade iron ore through integrated open-pit mines, dedicated heavy-haul railways, and port export terminals in Western Australia, alongside pellet and concentrate production facilities in eastern Canada and West Africa.
- Aluminium Production: Bauxite mining, alumina refining, and primary aluminium smelting across integrated facilities in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, producing low-carbon foundry alloys, extrusion billets, and slab products for transport and packaging industries.
- Copper Mining and Smelting: Underground block-caving and open-pit mining, concentrating, and smelting facilities in Mongolia, North America, and South America, delivering refined copper cathode, anode, and concentrate for global electrical and green energy infrastructure.
- Lithium and Battery Materials: Development and operation of battery-grade lithium extraction plants, direct lithium extraction technologies, and hard-rock processing assets located in South America and North America to supply key raw materials for electric vehicles.
- Titanium Dioxide and Borates: Processing of industrial minerals including high-purity titanium dioxide slag, refined borates, and zircon through thermal processing complexes and open-pit operations in Canada, the United States, Madagascar, and South Africa.
- Salt and Industrial Minerals: Large-scale solar salt production using evaporation ponds and deep-water port facilities in Western Australia, providing industrial-grade sodium chloride to chemical, chlor-alkali, and industrial manufacturing customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Rio Tinto executive team
- Simon Callas TrottCEO & Executive Director
- Peter Lloyd CunninghamCFO & Director
- Jerome X. PecresseChief Executive of Aluminium & Lithium, President and CEO of Renewable Energy
- Katie JacksonChief Executive of Copper Business
- Matthew HolczChief Executive of Iron Ore
- Mark DaviesChief Safety & Technical Officer
- Rachel ArellanoHead of Investor Relations
- Trudi CharlesChief Legal, Governance & Corporate Affairs Officer
- Georgie BezetteChief People Officer
- Bold BaatarChief Commercial Officer
Latest news about Rio Tinto
Monadelphous wins $150M resources contracts
AustraliaLCL Resources signs $46M farm-in deal with Rio Tinto
AustraliaRio Tinto to invest $1.9B in bauxite project
AustraliaRio Tinto copper production surges 27% in Q3
AustraliaGlencore debuts on ASX to target superannuation funds
AustraliaRio Tinto gets $200M to secure Tasmanian smelter
Australia
Recent announcements
What Rio Tinto (RIO) has told the market, newest first.
- Notification of cessation of securities - RIO
- Notification regarding unquoted securities - RIO
- Notification regarding unquoted securities - RIO
- Shareholdings of KMP / PDMR
- Ceasing to be a substantial holder
- Becoming a substantial holder
- Shareholdings of KMP / PDMR
Dividend history
Dividends per share paid by Rio Tinto, by financial year.
| Financial year | Interim | Final | Special | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026(to date) | A$3.6708 | — | — | A$11.3494 |
| FY2025 | A$3.7132 | A$2.2197 | — | A$9.6629 |
| FY2024 | A$3.9278 | A$2.6170 | — | A$8.3148 |
| FY2023 | A$3.2649 | A$2.6089 | — | A$5.8738 |
| FY2022 | A$6.6284 | A$3.8370 | — | A$10.4654 |
Key financials
Reported results for Rio Tinto, in USD.
- Market cap
- 239.6B
- Revenue (TTM)
- 61.8B
- P/E ratio
- 13.5
- EPS (diluted, TTM)
- 10.9
- Dividend yield
- 3.1%
- Profit margin
- 19.6%
| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Operating income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59.6B | 14.2B | 10.3B | |
| 53.7B | 15.7B | 11.6B | |
| 54B | 14.8B | 10.1B | |
| 55.6B | 19.9B | 12.4B |