Rio Tinto (RIO)

• Market cap: $117B
• 1 day: -0.64%
• 5 days: 0.99%
• 1 month: 8.68%
• 3 months: 20.03%
• 6 months: 20.77%
• Year to date: 22.07%
• 1 year: 10.56%
• 5 years: 24.96%
• 10 years: 98.45%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Other Industrial Metals & Mining

About: Rio Tinto is a global diversified miner. Iron ore is the dominant commodity, with significantly lesser contributions from copper, aluminum, diamonds, gold, and industrial minerals. The 1995 merger of RTZ and CRA, via a dual-listed structure, created the present-day company. The two operate as a single business entity, with shareholders in each company having equivalent economic and voting rights. Major assets included the Pilbara iron ore operations, a 30% stake in the Escondida copper mine, 66%-ownership of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, the Weipa and Gove bauxite mines in Australia, and six hydro-powered aluminum smelters in Canada.

Employees: 59,594