Rio Tinto plc operates in the Iron ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Rio Tinto plc with three other
iron ore producers in Europe:
Severstal
of Russia
(2012
sales of 436.78 billion Russian Rubles [US$13.90 billion]
of which 61%
was Severstal Russian Seel),
Anglo American PLC
(£18.06 billion [US$27.15 billion]
of which 22%
was Iron Ore & Manganese), and
BHP Billiton PLC
(£45.50 billion [US$68.42 billion]
of which 31%
was Iron Ore).
Sales Analysis.
Rio Tinto plc reported sales of £32.00 billion (US$48.12 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2012.
This
represents
a
decrease of 15.4%
versus 2011, when the company's sales were £37.84 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 20.7% decline
in Energy, from £4.58 billion to £3.63 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Iron Ore (down 18.5% to £15.24 billion)
and
Aluminum (down 16.5% to £6.34 billion)
and
Other Operations (down 18.0% to £4.23 billion)
and
Copper (down 12.3% to £4.18 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Diamonds and Minerals (up 26.5% to £2.55 billion)
.
Business Description