Rio Tinto Group

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The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

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Rio Tinto is an Anglo-Australian metals and mining company with operations in 35 countries. In 2022, the world’s second largest miner was squeezed between high energy and raw materials costs on the one side, and falling commodity prices on the other. Revenue fell 12.5% to $55.6 billion, while profit dropped 41.1% to $12.4 billion.     
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 	<li data-leveltext="●" data-font="Verdana" data-listid="115" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;●&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">The company is expanding its operations into copper and lithium, which are heavily used in the electric vehicles industry. To that end, it acquired Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd for $3.1bn in 2022, doubling its stake in Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi, which is set to be the world’s fourth largest copper mine.   </li> 
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This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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