Corporate Information

Share Information

* 1.06 billion Rio Tinto plc shares plus 498 million Rio Tinto Ltd (Australia) shares, not owned by plc, makes a total of 1.56 billion shares outstanding for the entity.

• Dual-listed Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Ltd (Australia) together constitute the largest mining company in the world, with major interests across the whole spectrum of metals and minerals. During the 2001 calendar year, attributable gold production totalled 3.6 million oz.
• Under a joint venture agreement with 16.6%-owned Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX), Rio Tinto is entitled to 40% of the additional metal produced as a consequence of the joint venture expansion of FCX's 85.9%-owned PT-FI's Grasberg facilities in Indonesia. Grasberg is Rio Tinto 's largest source of gold production , with the shareholding in FCX providing 388,000 oz and the joint venture expansion a further 888,000 oz in the 2001 year. Next largest contributors during this period were Bingham Canyon at 592,000 oz and shares from Cortez/Pipeline at 475,000 oz.
• Acquired diverse Australian minerals producer North in September 2000.