Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 169

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 169
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 and regional businesses. In 2024, we spent more than A$926 million with Indigenous businesses across Australia – an increase of 27.7% on the year before. We are also increasing our spend with local and Indigenous businesses in North America. In 2024, we spent $216 million with Indigenous suppliers in this region. We have many success stories of the positive impact we are having on local Indigenous communities. One example is in Canada, where our Aluminium Quebec Operations partnered with an Indigenous sawmill company, Sciages GP, from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh community, to supply essential wood parts for shipping our aluminium globally. This contract has created a significant number of jobs in Mashteuiatsh and supports the local economy. Truth and reconciliation We continue to commemorate and celebrate Indigenous events and observance days across our business. In 2024, we ran a global communications and engagement campaign around International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Raising awareness through stories, messaging and materials helps our people better understand and respect Indigenous history, culture and People, which contributes to a safer and more inclusive workplace. Economic contributions ($ million)

|                                                                  |   2024 |   2023 |    2022 |    2021 |   2020 |
| Consolidated sales revenue                                       | 53,658 | 54,041 |  55,554 |  63,495 | 44,611 |
| Net cash generated from operating activities1                    | 15,599 | 15,160 |  16,134 |  25,345 | 15,875 |
| Profit after tax for the year                                    | 11,574 |  9,953 |  13,048 |  22,597 | 10,400 |
| Underlying earnings                                              | 10,867 | 11,755 |  13,359 |  21,401 | 12,448 |
| Underlying earnings per share (US cents)                         |  669.5 |  725.0 |   824.7 | 1,322.4 |  769.6 |
| Net (debt)/cash                                                  | -5,491 | -4,231 |  -4,188 |   1,576 |   -664 |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | -9,621 | -7,086 |  -6,750 |  -