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Investments in equity accounted units | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method Explanatory [Abstract] |
Investments in equity accounted units | Notes to the 2017 financial statements continued 15 Investments in equity accounted units
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Summary balance sheet (Rio Tinto share) | US$m |  | US$m |
Rio Tinto's share of assets |  |  |  |  |  |
– Non-current assets |  | 5,913 |  |  | 6,686 |
– Current assets |  | 990 |  |  | 832 |
|  | 6,903 |  |  | 7,518 |
Rio Tinto's share of liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
– Current liabilities |  | (654 | ) |  | (612 | )
– Non-current liabilities |  | (1,763 | ) |  | (1,887 | )
|  | (2,417 | ) |  | (2,499 | )
Rio Tinto's share of net assets |  | 4,486 |  |  | 5,019 |
Further details of investments in equity accounted units are set out in notes 35 and 36. At 31 December 2017 and 2016, the Group had no investments in equity accounted units with shares listed on recognised stock exchanges. At 31 December 2017, net debt of equity accounted units, excluding amounts due to Rio Tinto, was US$1,244 million (2016: US$1,338 million).

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