Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Q2 2023 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

Replay transcript excerpt

Tell me about it. You missed a great trip. Everybody switch their phone to silent, please, just in case. OK. Can we kick it off? Good morning and good evening, everybody, and welcome to Rio Tinto's half-year results. It's very good to be with you again today after seeing many of you about two weeks ago in Ulaanbaatar and at our Oyo Tolgoi site, of which you see a great picture here. We will follow totally normal proceedings today. Jacob and Peter will take you through introductionary remarks, and we will follow that with a question-and-answer session. Please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up so we can cover as many people as possible that are attending today. For those in the room, there is no emergency drill planned. If you hear a fire alarm, please leave by the fire exits at the front and at the back of the room and follow the instructions from the fire marshals. Jacob, over to you. Well, thank you, Menno. Good morning and good evening to those of you in the East. It's a pleasure to be with you in London once again, with Peter on my side. Before I start, I'd like to acknowledge and pay my respect to all traditional owners and First Nations people that host our operations around the world. This year, as many of you know, our company has been celebrating its 150 years anniversary. We have been taking this opportunity to reflect on who we are, the moments from our history we should learn and grow from, but also what we do really well. Consistent, progress, innovation where it matters, world-class assets and people, a meaningful commitment to our shareholders through our balanced approach to capital allocation. This is the story we are working hard to continue. In February, I told you our focus was about building an even stronger Rio Tinto by investing i...