Rio Tinto plc

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.riotinto.com
Employees: 76,894
Employee growth: (24.6%)

You aren't seeing double. Rio Tinto plc, one of the world's largest mining operations (along with BHP Billiton and Vale), is the British half of dual-listed companies. Its Australian counterpart is Rio Tinto Limited, with headquarters in Melbourne. The two companies trade on separate stock exchanges but run the business as one entity. That entity mines gold, diamonds, iron, copper, uranium, and industrial minerals (borax and salt). Its Rio Tinto Alcan subsidiary makes aluminum products, while Kennecott Minerals and Kennecott Utah Copper mine gold and silver and copper, respectively. Most of Rio Tinto's operations are in North America and Australia, but it is expanding its operations in China and Mongolia.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $56,576.0M
One year growth: 35.3%
Net income: $14,324.0M
Income growth: 194.0%

Officers:
Chairman: Jan P. du Plessis
Chief Executive and Director: Tom Albanese
CFO: Guy Elliott

Competitors:
Anglo American
BHP Billiton
Vale

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