Share of profit after tax of equity accounted units

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Strategic report

Governance report

Financial statements

Production, reserves
and operations

Additional information

7 Share of profit after tax of equity accounted units

		2017			2016			2015
	US$m			US$m			US$m
Sales revenue: Rio Tinto share ^(a)		1,960			1,727			2,149
Operating costs		(1,400	)		(1,237	)		(1,609	)
Profit before finance items and taxation		560			490			540
Finance items		(47	)		(33	)		(37	)
Share of profit after tax of equity accounted units		17			20			35
Profit before taxation		530			477			538
Taxation		(191	)		(156	)		(177	)
Profit for the year (Rio Tinto share)		339			321			361

(a)	Sales revenue of equity accounted units includes sales by equity accounted units to Group subsidiaries.

Further information relating to the Group’s interests in joint ventures and associates is given in notes 35 and 36.