Rio Tinto to Pay $7.7 Billion of Dividends After Posting Record 2021 Profit

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Rio Tinto

‘s earnings for 2021 jumped 72% as prices of commodities soared and the world’s second-largest miner said it would reward shareholders with its highest-ever dividend.

Rio Tinto (ticker: RIO) posted underlying earnings of about $21.4 billion, up 72% from a year earlier. The earnings, a record, were mostly in line with analysts’ estimates. Revenue in the quarter of…