Rio Tinto Group (RIO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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A very warm welcome to everyone, both here in the room and for those of us joining us remotely. I want to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners and First Nations peoples who host our operation around the world and pay my respects to their elders past and present. We are pleased to be here today with our CEO Simon and our CFO Peter Cunningham to present to you our 2025 full year results and this will be followed by a Q&A session. There are no planned fire evacuations today so if you hear the alarm please follow instructions from the fire wardens here at the London Stock Exchange. With that I'd like to ask Simon to the stage. Good morning all to those here in London and of course also those joining us online. So I'll start with safety and this evening I'll fly to Guinea to spend some time with the team at Simundu. As you'll no doubt be aware, last Saturday one of our colleagues died at the mine site. We've achieved a great deal at Simundu. But this tragedy underlines that we have more work to do to ensure that everyone goes home safely at the end of every shift. Safety is the foundation of our business and nothing is more important than the people that work around us. And we must be able to safely operate in different jurisdictions around the world, like Guinea. The leadership team and I are determined to learn from this tragedy and we're taking some immediate actions We've stopped all site works and construction activities. We've started an independent investigation with both internal and external experts. And in addition, we will appoint an independent safety advisory panel. This will consist of leading safety practitioners from both industry and academia, together with experienced Rio Tinto alumni. it will provide additional guides and support to our team as...