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Better Buy: The Metals Company or Rio Tinto?
The Motley Fool·2025-11-15 17:05

These metals stocks are very different, but one is a clear winner.When it comes to metals mining companies, Australian stalwart Rio Tinto (RIO 0.58%) and Canadian start-up The Metals Company (TMC 1.74%) couldn't be more different. Rio Tinto was founded in 1873, while The Metals Company didn't go public until 2021. Rio Tinto has a 114billionmarketcap,whileTheMetalsCompanysmarketcapisjust114 billion market cap, while The Metals Company's market cap is just 2.5 billion.But there's one quality these two metals companies have in common: Both are trading significantl ...