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RIO vs WRN
Side-by-side comparison of Rio Tinto Plc (RIO) and Western Copper and Gold Corporation (WRN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both RIO and WRN operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
- RIO is the larger of the two at $126.77B, about 227.5x WRN ($557.3M).
- Over the past year, RIO is up 70.3% and WRN is up 97.6% - WRN leads by 27.3 points.
- WRN has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for RIO).
- RIO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for WRN).
- Company
- Rio Tinto Plc
- Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- Price
- $100.94+0.26%
- $2.47-0.40%
- Market cap
- $126.77B
- $557.3M
- 1M return
- -2.10%
- -15.70%
- 1Y return
- +70.28%
- +97.60%
- Industry
- Metal Mining
- Metal Mining
- Exchange
- NYSE
- AMEX
- IPO
- 2002
- 2011
- News (4w)
- 2
- 3
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 4
Rio Tinto Plc
Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company offers aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, borates, titanium dioxide, salt, iron ore, and uranium. It also owns and operates open pit and underground mines, mills, refineries, smelters, power stations, and research and service facilities. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Western Copper and Gold Corporation
Western Copper and Gold Corporation, an exploration stage company, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for gold, copper, and molybdenum deposits. Its flagship property is the Casino mineral property that comprise 1,136 full and partial quartz claims, and 55 placer claims located in Yukon, Canada. The company was formerly known as Western Copper Corporation and changed its name to Western Copper and Gold Corporation in October 2011. Western Copper and Gold Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Latest RIO
- Rio Tinto downgraded by RBC Capital Mkts
- Rio Tinto downgraded by BofA Securities
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Rio Tinto Plc
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Analyst
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Barclays
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Goldman
- SEC Form IRANNOTICE filed by Rio Tinto Plc
- Miners Win as China's Export Ban Triggers 54-Nation Pact Reshaping Critical Minerals
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Morgan Stanley
- Rio Tinto upgraded by Erste Group
Latest WRN
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- White Gold Corp. Commences 2026 Exploration Program Designed to Further Increase Known Gold Resources and Make New Discoveries on its District Scale Land Package in Yukon, Canada
- White Gold Corp. Identifies High-Priority Copper, Gold & Multi Element Porphyry and Epithermal Targets at Guilder and Mt. Hart Targets Following IP Geophysics Program
- Yukon Metals Reports 14 g/t Gold in 300-Metre Step-Out Drilling and Optioned Adjacent Sumitomo-Drilled Property
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- SEC Form 40-F filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation
- White Gold Corp. Makes New High-Grade Copper Discovery with Bedrock Samples up to 0.96% Copper at Lost Pup Target and Highlights Prospectivity of the Titan - Lost Pup Mineralized Trend on its Hen Property, Yukon, Canada
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Western Copper and Gold Corporation