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Rio Tinto
Anglo-Australian multinational mining company

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto Group is a British–Australian multinational mining company headquartered in London, England, and Melbourne, Australia.

It was founded in 1873 when a group of British investors purchased a mine complex on the Río Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish government. It has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions and is today a major producer of commodities such as copper, iron ore, aluminium and lithium.

How locals move

Getting around Rio Tinto the local way

  • Get aroundThe Andante Gold, like the Andante Blue can be used in all metro lines, the funicular and all buses.
  • Get aroundYour Andante must be validated before you enter the metro, bus or funicular.
  • Get aroundThere are ferry boats that connect Porto to the neighboring city of Vila Nova de Gaia, although you can easily walk or travel by car, metro or bus to the other side.
  • Get aroundNear the Douro there is a heliport with a helicopter available for people to use to get to know the city as a whole.
  • Go nextMinho region — Go on a day trip to this region.
  • Go nextPeneda-Gerês National Park — Go on a day trip to this park.

From Wikivoyage: Porto, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.