Rio Tinto plc announce their 2025 interim dividend, equivalent to 148 US cents per share will be paid on 25 September 2025 to Rio Tinto Limited, Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto plc ADR shareholders on the register at the close of business on 15 August 2025. The ex-dividend date for the 2025 interim dividend for Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc is 14 August 2025. For holders of Rio Tinto plc ADRs, the ex-dividend date is 15 August 2025.
Other financial highlights include:
• Underlying EBITDA: 69% uplift, benefited from on-track ramp-up at Oyu Tolgoi (54% rise in copper production), better than expected performance at Escondida, together with higher copper and gold prices.
• Unit costs: copper C1 net unit costs, at 97 cents per pound, reduced by 50 cents per pound, or 34%, from H1 2024, reflecting good cost control and efficiencies on the higher mined copper production at Oyu Tolgoi and Escondida. In addition, higher by-product credits from higher gold volumes and a rising gold price further reduced net unit costs.
• Capital investment: 14% YoY lower capital investment as they near the completion of the Oyu Tolgoi underground project. Together with a strong EBITDA, return on capital employed rose by 5 percentage points to 12% in H1 2025.
• Cash flow: they generated significantly higher net cash from operating activities of $1.6 billion, driven by higher underlying EBITDA and includes a modest build in working capital at Kennecott. Free cash flow was net of $831 million of capital investment as they near completion of the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine project in 2025.
