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Rio shares bountiful cash with investors

The dazzling effect of the 2017 commodities bull market is obvious in Rio Tinto’s (LN:RIO) results for the year: on flat or weaker production numbers, the miner upped its profit 69% year-on-year and will hand shareholders the biggest dividend in company history.

Kristie Batten* and Alex Hamer
Rio Tinto got its trucks in a row in 2017

Rio Tinto got its trucks in a row in 2017

Net profit for 2017 came in at US$8.6 billion, in line with consensus, while net earnings were $8.8 billion, boosted by $2.7 billion worth of asset sales. Operating cashflow was $13.9 billion, underlying...

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