Rio Tinto | Global Leading Mining Group

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group focused on searching, mining, and processing the earth's mineral resources. Learn more about Rio Tinto's mining operations now.

Rio Tinto is a large multinational mining company headquartered in the UK, but also has operations in Australia and Spain. Its full name is Rio Tinto Group, which means "Rio Tinto" in Spanish (quite meaningful). The company was founded in Spain in 1873 and sold most of its Spanish operations in 1954. Afterwards, between 1962 and 1997, it merged several influential mining companies worldwide, including the acquisition of Northern Australia Mining Company in 2000. This has made Rio Tinto a global leader in the exploration, mining, and processing of mineral resources, known as one of the three giants of iron ore.

In 2018, Rio Tinto ranked 278th on the Fortune Global 500 list, while in the same year's World Brand Lab released the 2018 World Brand 500 list, it ranked 429th.