Yesterday, the world’s second largest mininig company, Rio Tinto paid out its dividend.

www.riotinto.com

The dividend was 129.43p a share.

The total number of voting rights in Rio Tinto plc is 1,329,626,900

http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/rio_tinto1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=507&newsid=995555

Thus:-

1,329,626,900 x 129.43p a share = £1,720,936,096.67

That is £1.720 Billion paid out by Rio Tinto to its shareholders.

http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=10071&record_search=1&search_phrase=rio

A 5% yield. Delicious.