| Consolidated operations | — | — | — |
| Consolidated sales revenue | 53.66a | 54.04a | 55.55a |
| Net operating costs (excluding items disclosed separately) | -37.75a | -37.05a | -34.77a |
| Net impairment (charges)/reversals | -0.54a | -0.94a | -0.15a |
| Gains/(losses) on consolidation and disposal of interests in businesses | 1.21a | 0a | -0.11a |
| Exploration and evaluation expenditure (net of profit from disposal of interests in undeveloped projects) | -0.94a | -1.23a | -0.9a |
| Operating profit | 15.65a | 14.82a | 19.93a |
| Share of profit after tax of equity accounted units | 0.84a | 0.68a | 0.78a |
| Impairment of investments in equity accounted units | 0a | 0a | -0.2a |
| Profit before finance items and taxation | 16.49a | 15.5a | 20.51a |
| Finance items | — | — | — |
| Net exchange gains/(losses) on external net debt and intragroup balances | 0.32a | -0.25a | 0.25a |
| Losses on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting | -0.09a | -0.05a | -0.42a |
| Finance income | 0.51a | 0.54a | 0.18a |
| Finance costs | -0.76a | -0.97a | -0.34a |
| Amortisation of discount on provisions | -0.86a | -0.98a | -1.52a |
| Profit before taxation | 15.62a | 13.79a | 18.66a |
| Taxation | -4.04a | -3.83a | -5.61a |
| Profit after tax for the period | 11.57a | 9.95a | 13.05a |
| Attributable to owners of Rio Tinto (net earnings) | 11.55a | 10.06a | 12.39a |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests | 0.02a | -0.11a | 0.66a |