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Earnings/(loss) per ordinary share - Summary of earnings (loss) per ordinary shares (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Basic earnings/(loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of Rio Tinto	$ 8,762	$ 4,617	$ (866)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of Rio Tinto	$ 8,762	$ 4,617	$ (866)
Basic earnings/(loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of Rio Tinto, Weighted average number of shares	1,786.7	1,797.3	1,824.7
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of Rio Tinto, Weighted average number of shares	1,799.5	1,808.6	1,824.7
Basic earnings/(loss) per share	$ 490.4	$ 256.9	$ (47.5)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share	$ 486.9	$ 255.3	$ (47.5)

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The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. [Refer: Ordinary shares [member]; Weighted average [member]]

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