Rio Tinto Limited operates in the Iron ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Rio Tinto Limited with three other
iron ore producers in Australasia:
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
(2018
sales of 8.90 billion Australian Dollars [US$6.01 billion]
of which 100%
was Iron Ore),
BHP Group Ltd
(56.42 billion Australian Dollars [US$38.09 billion]
of which 34%
was Iron Ore), and
Grange Resources Limited
(368.20 million Australian Dollars [US$248.62 million]
of which 100%
was Ore Mining).
Sales Analysis.
Rio Tinto Limited reported sales of A$54.45 billion (US$36.77 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
an
increase of 4.6%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were A$52.05 billion.
The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Rio Tinto Limited had sales
of A$53.47 billion.
Sales of Copper and Diamonds saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
38.1% in 2018, from
A$6.30 billion to A$8.69 billion.
Rio Tinto Limited also saw significant increases in sales in
Aluminum (up 14.5% to A$16.38 billion)
.
Not all segments of Rio Tinto Limited experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Energy and Minerals 4,524 5,5 fell 24.2% to A$7.66 billion.
Rio Tinto Limited also experienced decreases in sales in
Other Operations (down 7.0% to A$12.09 million)
.