Rio Tinto returns $9.7bn to shareholders in 2017

Mining major Rio Tinto has delivered record full-year ordinary dividends of $5.2-billion, equating to 290c a share, and bringing total cash returns to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $9.7-billion. The company posted an operating cash flow of $13.9-billion, underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $18.6-billion and a ten-year record Ebitda margin of 44% for the 2017 financial year.