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Rio Tinto plc is one of the world's leaders in mining research, prospecting and operating. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- iron ore (57.4%): 287.7 Mt produced in 2024;
- aluminum, alumina and bauxite (24.2%): 58.6 Mt bauxite, 7.3 Mt alumina and 3.3 Mt aluminum produced;
- copper (8.8%) : 624 Kt produced;
- industrial minerals (5%): titanium dioxide pigments (990 Kt produced), borates (504 Kt produced) and salts (5.8 Mt produced);
- gold (1.5%) : 282,000 ounces produced;
- diamonds (0.5%) : 2.8 million carats produced;
- other (2.6%): uranium, silver, zinc and molybdenum.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (0.3%), Europe (4.8%), China (57.4%), Japan (6.5%), Asia (6.9%), the United States (16.8%), Canada (2.9%), Australia (2%) and other (2.4%).
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