---
title: "RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-15070996
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-15070996`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d3abdf0-37ca-5f9a-be3f-5f10a9a7232a
- **RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/52ef9fdc-659a-5373-aef4-c76b43e4f1bb
- **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d3abdf0-37ca-5f9a-be3f-5f10a9a7232a
- **RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/52ef9fdc-659a-5373-aef4-c76b43e4f1bb

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED*
1. **RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED*
1. **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED*
1. **RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED*
2. **THR COPPER LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **THR COPPER LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO COPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **RIO TINTO PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Rio Tinto Plc** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED*
3. **RIO TINTO PLC** — beneficial owner 100% → *THR COPPER LIMITED*
3. **RIO TINTO PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *THR COPPER LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `15070996`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2023-08-14
- **Registered office:** 6 St. James's Square, London, SW1Y 4AD, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 70100

### Officers

- [RIO TINTO SECRETARIAT LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef7be37-be97-55b2-8ae5-5dc98dd99f64) — corporate secretary · appointed 2024-03-22
- AVERY, Richard Alan — director · British · appointed 2023-08-14
- CORR, Skye Anne — director · British,Australian · appointed 2024-09-26
- PASMORE, Michael Stuart — director · British · appointed 2024-02-12
- PASMORE, Michael — secretary · appointed 2023-08-14 · resigned 2024-03-22
- GOODWIN, Mark — director · Australian · appointed 2024-01-01 · resigned 2024-09-20
- HODGES, Andrew William — director · British · appointed 2023-08-14 · resigned 2024-02-12
- SCAFIDAS, Elias — director · Australian · appointed 2023-08-14 · resigned 2024-01-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Rio Tinto Copper Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/52ef9fdc-659a-5373-aef4-c76b43e4f1bb) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2023-08-21
- [Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6d3abdf0-37ca-5f9a-be3f-5f10a9a7232a) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-08-21

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15070996

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **RIO TINTO COPPER LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/5fbc3ac0-4e87-5b8e-8e1e-eaffef5e66e9._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._