Rio Tinto Limited

55.17

CHANGE

-1.13 (-2.01%)

20 minute delayed prices during trading hours

VOLUME

2.0M

DAY'S HIGH

56.4

DAY'S LOW

55.13

COMPARED TO..

Rio Tinto Limited

Rio Tinto Limited (Rio Tinto) is engaged in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. The Company’s product group includes aluminium product group, copper product group, diamonds and minerals group, energy product group and iron ore products group. Its products are iron ore, aluminium, copper, diamonds, coal, uranium, gold and industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide and salt). Its iron ore businesses delivered record production and shipments, and its copper business showed a second half recovery in copper volumes. In January 2012, it acquired 2% of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. In August 2012, Orocobre Ltd acquired Borax Argentina S.A. from Rio Tinto Ltd entities, Rio Tinto Minerals Development Limited and Borax Europe Limited. In September 2012, it sold the North American portion of its Alcan Cable business to General Cable Corporation. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had 51% interest in Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.,formerly known as Ivanhoe Mines.

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Arrium eyes mining, but Australia’s richest lose billions

MAY 23, 2013

With the local construction industry in a lull and many mining companies like Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO), Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) and Whitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC) already trading at near four-year lows, it has to be asked if Arrium got it right.

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Aust shares open lower

MAY 23, 2013

BHP Billiton was nine cents down at $35.18, while Rio Tinto had shed 15 cents to $56.15.

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Aust shares close lower

MAY 22, 2013

Mining stocks were buoyant, with BHP Billiton gaining 44 cents to $35.27 and Rio Tinto adding $1.00 to $56.30.

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