Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian mining company founded in 1873 when a group of investors purchased a mining complex on the Rio Tinto river in Spain. It operates today as a dual-listed company, Rio Tinto plc in London and Rio Tinto Limited in Australia, run as a single unified business, and is one of the largest mining companies in the world, a major global producer of iron ore, aluminum and copper alongside other minerals.
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Company TypeBritish-Australian multinational mining company 2 Founded Year HeadquartersLondon, England, and Melbourne, Australia 2 Company Type
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A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.
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Rio Tinto Group is a British–Australian multinational mining company headquartered in London, England, and Melbourne, Australia.
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Wikidata Q821293, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Rio Tinto Group (Wikipedia)
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multinational mining company headquartered in London, England, and Melbourne, Australia.
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It was founded in 1873 when a group of British investors purchased a mine complex on the Río Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish government.
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