India, Feb. 19 -- Rio Tinto Plc (RIO,RIO.L,RTNTF,RIO.AX), the Anglo-Australian mining giant, reported Thursday a decline in its profit before taxation for fiscal 2025, while sales revenues increased from last year.
In Australia, the shares closed Thursday's regular trading at $168.55, up 2.03 percent.
The company's annual profit before taxation dropped to $14.57 billion from the prior year's $15.62 billion.
Profit after tax attributable to owners was $9.97 billion, down 14 percent from $11.55 billion in the previous year. Earnings per share also decreased to 608.4 cents from 707.2 cents last year.
The company's underlying earnings remained flat at $10.88 billion, while underlying earnings per share decreased slightly to 669.2 cents from...