Holding(s) in Company

Rio Tinto PLC
29 April 2003

                              SCHEDULE 10 

               NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


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. Percentage of issued class

-

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

-

8. Percentage of issued class

-

9. Class of security 

Ordinary shares of 10p

10. Date of transaction 

Unknown

11. Date company informed

29 April 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

32,661,291

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

3.06%

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

29 April 2003

 
As of 25 April 2003

Rio Tinto plc                                           Number of     Percent of
                                                           Shares    Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('CG') holdings          32,661,291     3.066%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

 
• Capital Guardian Trust Company                            1,033,700     0.097%

• Capital International Limited                             3,505,473     0.329%

• Capital International S.A.                                1,539,400     0.144%

• Capital International, Inc.                                 321,500     0.030%

• Capital Research and Management Company                  26,261,218     2.465%


                                   Schedule A

 
                    Schedule of holdings in Rio Tinto plc 
                             As of 25 April 2003


                         Capital Guardian Trust Company
 

Registered Name                                                     Local Shares

Bankers Trust                                                              4,700

Bank of New York Nominees                                                 99,500   

State Street Nominees Limited                                             33,900

Chase Nominees Limited                                                   458,100

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd.                                                 56,500

Midland Bank plc                                                          46,300

Deutsche Bank Mannheim                                                     1,900
 
Nortrust Nominees                                                        204,800

 
MSS Nominees Limited                                                     19 ,200
Midland Bank plc  

RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                                                        4,100 

Deutsche Bank AG                                                           3,100 

HSBC Bank plc                                                                300 

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                              36,200 

ROY Nominees Limited                                                      65,100
 
                                                           TOTAL       1,033,700


                                  Schedule B

 
                        Capital International Limited

 
Registered Name                                                     Local Shares


KAS UK                                                                     9,000
 
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                             43,600

Clydesdale Bank plc                                                       28,600

Lloyds Bank                                                               11,900

Deutsche Bank AG                                                         127,600

HSBC Bank plc                                                            133,658

Northern Trust AVFC                                                       35,400
South Africa

Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited                                              31,900

Bank One London                                                          143,900

Morgan Guaranty                                                           34,100

Mellon Bank N.A.                                                          39,800

Bank of New York Nominees                                                927,541

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                     4,100

MSS Nominees Limited                                                      25,600
Midland Bank plc 

State Street Nominees Limited                                            125,800

Northern Trust                                                           312,171

Chase Nominees Limited                                                   693,603

Midland Bank plc                                                          31,000

Bankers Trust                                                            225,200

Barclays Bank                                                             12,100

Citibank London                                                           44,600

Nortrust Nominees                                                        464,300
 

                                                           TOTAL       3,505,473

 
                              Capital International S.A.


Registered Name                                                     Local Shares 


MSS Nominees Limited                                                       5,800
Midland Bank plc 

Deutsche Bank AG                                                          43,500

Citibank NA                                                                8,900
Toronto
 

RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                                        14,300

Lloyds Bank                                                               10,100

National Westminster Bank                                                 26,300

Barclays Bank                                                            148,500


State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                             12,300

                                      
J.P. Morgan                                                              196,500
 
HSBC Bank plc                                                             52,500

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                   428,000

Morgan Stanley                                                             5,900
 
Nortrust Nominees                                                          5,100

Citibank London                                                            3,700

Midland Bank plc                                                          87,000

Credit Suisse London Branch                                               16,000

Chase Nominees Limited                                                   455,100
                                    
Bank of New York Nominees                                                  6,500

State Street Nominees Limited                                              5,000

Brown Bros.                                                                8,400
 
                                                           TOTAL       1,539,400


                                      Schedule B


                              Capital International, Inc.
 
Registered Name                                                     Local Shares


HSBC Bank plc                                                             39,300

RBSTB Nominees Ltd.                                                        5,500

Royal Bank of Scotland                                                    23,500

Nortrust Nominees                                                         28,700

Midland Bank plc                                                          22,100

Chase Nominees Limited                                                     8,000

State Street Nominees Limited                                            194,400

 
                                                            TOTAL        321,500


                                        Schedule B


                         Capital Research and Management Company
 

Registered Name                                                     Local Shares

State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                            109,400
 
State Street Nominees Limited                                         14,054,500

Chase Nominees Limited                                                12,066,400

JPM Nominees Ltd.                                                          2,000

Chase Manhattan Bank NA                                                   28,918


                                                           TOTAL      26,261,218

                               Schedule B


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