Rio Tinto Group

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational metals and mining corporation with headquarters in London, UK and a management office in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain from the Spanish government. Since then, the company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world le... More

Business

Number of employees:

number date
  • 35,000
  • 2007
  • 106,000
  • 2008
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Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 1.9033E+10
  • Dec 31, 2005
  • 2.97E+10
  • 2007
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Operating Income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 7,815,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2005
  • 8,571,000,000
  • 2007
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Net profit:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 7,746,000,000
  • 2007
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Organization

Address

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

London

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

LEVEL 33, 55 COLLINS STREET
AUSTRALIA

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

120 COLLINS STREET
AUSTRALIA

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

City of Westminster United Kingdom

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

Melbourne Victoria

Rio Tinto Group Headquarters

City of Melbourne Melbourne

Board members:

Person Title From To
  • Chair
  • Nov 2003
  • 2003
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Organizations acquired:

Organization acquired Divisions formed
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Ranked item

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 134
  • 2009

Fortune Global 500 of 2009

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