Rio Tinto (RIO) Stock Outlook December 2025: New CEO, Copper Pivot and Dividend Power in Focus
LONDON, December 1, 2025 — Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO, LON: RIO) heads into the final month of 2025 trading close to its 52‑week highs, with a new chief executive in place, a simplified corporate structure, and a strategy increasingly anchored in copper and other energy‑transition metals. At the same time, investors are weighing chunky dividend forecasts, environmental controversies and the prospect of fresh M&A pressure. This article pulls together the latest share‑price data, corporate news, analyst forecasts and thematic drivers as of 1 December 2025. Rio Tinto share price in December 2025: near the top of its range In