RIO TINTO LTD

Our capital commitments include:

–open purchase orders for managed operations and non-managed tolling entities

–expenditure on major projects already authorised by our Investment Committee for non-managed operations.

On a legally enforceable basis, capital commitments excluding the Group’s share of joint ventures would be approximately US$1,872 million

(2023: US$1,400 million) as many of the contracts relating to the Group’s projects have various cancellation clauses.

The capital commitments for Simandou are shown on a 100% basis for the SimFer mine and the SimFer scope of infrastructure as managed

operations. The SimFer investment in WCS Rail and Port is classified as a joint venture capital commitment and is shown inclusive of the

funding due from non-controlling interests.

Impact of climate change on our business - decarbonisation capital commitmentsCapital commitments do not include the estimated incremental capital expenditure relating to decarbonisation projects of US$5 billion to US$6 billion between 2022 and 2030 unless otherwise contractually committed. Included in capital commitments at 31 December 2024 are contractually committed decarbonisation capital commitments of US$114 million (2023: US$123 million), inclusive of the Amrun power purchase agreement, which is a treated as a lease, which has not yet commenced (disclosed in note 21).