Rio Tinto Limited operates in the Lead and zinc ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Rio Tinto Limited with three other
lead and zinc producers in Australasia:
Triausmin Limited
(2012
sales of 124,875.00 Australian Dollars [US$123,638.74 ]
of which 100%
was Mineral Exploration),
Rox Resources Ltd
(133,509.00 Australian Dollars [US$132,187.26 ]
of which 100%
was Mineral Exploration), and
Terramin Australia Ltd
(71.41 million Australian Dollars [US$70.71 million]
of which 100%
was Exploration).
Sales Analysis.
Rio Tinto Limited reported sales of A$49.14 billion (US$48.65 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2012.
This
represents
a
decrease of 15.3%
versus 2011, when the company's sales were A$58.01 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 20.6% decline
in Energy, from A$7.02 billion to A$5.58 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Iron Ore (down 18.3% to A$23.41 billion)
and
Aluminum (down 16.4% to A$9.74 billion)
and
Other Operations (down 17.9% to A$6.49 billion)
and
Copper (down 12.2% to A$6.42 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Diamonds and Minerals (up 26.7% to A$3.91 billion)
.
Business Description