Global leading mining companies in 2024, based on net income
Rio Tinto, the multinational mining company from Australia was ranked as the number one mining company worldwide in based on net income as of a 2024 ranking. Rio Tinto's net income in 2023 amounted to more than 10 billion U.S. dollars. In second place that year was the Brazilian mining giant Vale, with a net income of 7.7 billion U.S. dollars.