Exhibit 99.2

Rio Tinto plc
Transactions in own shares
Issued share capital
Month of December 2006

								Total
		Total		Treasury	New	Shares	Shares	issued
		buy		shares	shares	held by	held in	share
Date		backs		reissued	issued	public	treasury	capital
		Number		Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
30-Nov-06	b/f					1,026,496,690	45,341,195	1,071,837,885
01-Dec-06		—		—	318	1,026,497,008	45,341,195	1,071,838,203
04-Dec-06		—		3,987	—	1,026,500,995	45,337,208	1,071,838,203
07-Dec-06		(350,000	)	—	—	1,026,150,995	45,337,208	1,071,488,203
08-Dec-06		(550,000	)	—	—	1,025,600,995	45,887,208	1,071,488,203
11-Dec-06		(350,000	)	—	—	1,025,250,995	46,237,208	1,071,488,203
14-Dec-06		—		9,568	—	1,025,260,563	46,227,640	1,071,488,203
18-Dec-06		(250,000	)	4,661	—	1,025,015,224	46,472,979	1,071,488,203
19-Dec-06		(300,000	)	—	—	1,024,715,224	46,772,979	1,071,488,203
20-Dec-06		(400,000	)	—	—	1,024,315,224	47,172,979	1,071,488,203
21-Dec-06		(500,000	)	—	—	1,023,815,224	47,672,979	1,071,488,203
22-Dec-06		(150,000	)	—	—	1,023,665,224	47,822,979	1,071,488,203
31-Dec-06	c/f					1,023,665,224	47,822,979	1,071,488,203

Rio Tinto plc
Transactions in own shares
Shares held in treasury
Month of December 2006

			Shares issued from treasury
			Share	Share				Shares
		Buy	Savings	Option		Highest price	Lowest price	held in
Date		backs	Plan	Plan		per share	per share	treasury
		Number	Number	Number		pence	pence	Number
30-Nov-06	b/f							45,341,195
01-Dec-06		—	—	—		—	—	45,341,195
04-Dec-06		—	—	(3,987	)	820	820	45,337,208
07-Dec-06		—	—	—		—	—	45,337,208
08-Dec-06		550,000	—	—		—	—	45,887,208
11-Dec-06		350,000	—	—		—	—	46,237,208
14-Dec-06		—	—	(9,568	)	1,263	1,263	46,227,640
18-Dec-06		250,000	—	(4,661	)	1,263	1,263	46,472,979
19-Dec-06		300,000	—	—		—	—	46,772,979
20-Dec-06		400,000	—	—		—	—	47,172,979
21-Dec-06		500,000	—	—		—	—	47,672,979
22-Dec-06		150,000	—	—		—	—	47,822,979
31-Dec-06	c/f							47,822,979

Rio Tinto plc
Transactions in own shares
Share buy backs
Month of December 2006

					Total
				Average price	buy
Date		Treasury	Cancellation	per share	backs
		Number	Number	pence	Number
30-Nov-06	b/f
01-Dec-06		—	—	—	—
04-Dec-06		—	—	—	—
07-Dec-06		—	350,000	2,811	350,000
08-Dec-06		550,000	—	2,748	550,000
11-Dec-06		350,000	—	2,745	350,000
14-Dec-06		—	—	—	—
18-Dec-06		250,000	—	2,811	250,000
19-Dec-06		300,000	—	2,755	300,000
20-Dec-06		400,000	—	2,747	400,000
21-Dec-06		500,000		2,685	500,000
22-Dec-06		150,000		2,637	150,000
31-Dec-06	c/f