Holding(s) in Company

Rio Tinto PLC
23 June 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

RIO TINTO PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS IN (2) ABOVE


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

AS SCHEDULE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

 -


6)   ( - %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

 -


8)   ( - %) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P


10)  Date of transaction

UNKNOWN


11)  Date company informed

23 JUNE 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification

42,835,893

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.02%


14)  Any additional information

 -


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M J WHYTE
020 7753 2317


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

B G GALE


     Date of Notification 23 JUNE 2003


                   Schedule of holdings in Rio Tinto plc
                            As of 19 June 2003

                       Capital Guardian Trust Company
 
Registered Name                                                     Local Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                             33,900

Bank of New York Nominees                                                136,900   

Chase Nominees Limited                                                   457,200

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd.                                                 56,500

Midland Bank plc                                                          46,300

Cede & Co.                                                             1,317,820

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                     1,900

Bankers Trust                                                              4,700
 
Nortrust Nominees                                                        206,000

MSS Nominees Limited                                                      19,200

RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                                                        4,100 

Deutsche Bank AG                                                           3,100 

HSBC Bank plc                                                                300 

ROY Nominees Limited                                                      65,100

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                              36,200 

 
                                                           TOTAL       2,389,220


                                  Schedule B

 
                        Capital International Limited

 
Registered Name                                                     Local Shares
 
State Street Nominees Limited                                            198,100

Bank of New York Nominees                                              1,997,541

Northern Trust                                                           715,471

Chase Nominees Limited                                                 1,399,003

Midland Bank plc                                                          57,900

Bankers Trust                                                          1,222,500

Barclays Bank                                                             18,700

Citibank London                                                           64,500

Morgan Guaranty                                                          132,900

Nortrust Nominees                                                      1,163,900

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                     5,500

MSS Nominees Limited                                                      45,300

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                            111,900

Lloyds Bank                                                               16,000

Deutsche Bank AG                                                         435,100

HSBC Bank plc                                                            401,658

Mellon Bank N.A.                                                          59,600

Northern Trust AVFC                                                       61,800
South Africa

KAS UK                                                                    17,600

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                              49,300

Bank One London                                                          181,200

Clydesdale Bank plc                                                       37,400

                                                           TOTAL       8,392,873

 
                              Capital International S.A.


Registered Name                                                     Local Shares 

State Street Nominees Limited                                              8,000

Bank of New York Nominees                                                 56,700

Chase Nominees Limited                                                   770,500
                                    
Credit Suisse London Branch                                               16,000

Midland Bank plc                                                         139,600

Barclays Bank                                                            158,300

Citibank London                                                            6,000

Brown Bros.                                                               13,100

Nortrust Nominees                                                          8,400

Morgan Stanley                                                             9,800

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                   704,200

MSS Nominees Limited                                                       8,700

J.P. Morgan                                                              305,200

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                             27,500

National Westminster Bank                                                 39,700

Lloyds Bank                                                               20,300

Vidacos Nominees Ltd.                                                     55,000

RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                        16,000

Citibank NA                                                                8,900
Toronto

Deutsche Bank AG                                                          63,000

HSBC Bank plc                                                             70,000

                                                           TOTAL       2,504,900


                                      Schedule B


                              Capital International, Inc.
 
Registered Name                                                     Local Shares

State Street Nominees Limited                                            216,900

Chase Nominees Limited                                                    17,700

Midland Bank plc                                                          35,700

Nortrust Nominees                                                         72,300

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                    35,000

RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                                                        8,500

HSBC Bank plc                                                             48,100
 
                                                            TOTAL        434,200


                                        Schedule B


                         Capital Research and Management Company
 

Registered Name                                                     Local Shares
 
State Street Nominees Limited                                         14,470,000

Chase Nominees Limited                                                14,500,300

Chase Manhattan Bank NA                                                   32,000

JPM Nominees Ltd.                                                          3,000

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                            109,400

                                                           TOTAL      29,114,700

                               Schedule B



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