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BRIEF-Rio Tinto records qtrly Pilbara iron ore shipments of 77.7 mt

Published 18/07/2017, 08:42 am
© Reuters.  BRIEF-Rio Tinto records qtrly Pilbara iron ore shipments of 77.7 mt
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July 18 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) Ltd RIO.AX

* Qtrly pilbara iron ore shipments 77.7 mt versus 82.2 mt a year ago

* Qtrly aluminium production 888 kt versus 911 kt last year

* Qtrly pilbara iron ore production 79.8 mt versus 80.9 mt last year

* Share of production in 2017 is unchanged at 48 to 50 million tonnes of bauxite, 8.0 to 8.2 million tonnes of alumina and 3.5 to 3.7 million tonnes of aluminium

* Qrly shipments were impacted by accelerated rail track maintenance

* Qtrly mined copper production 124.7 kt versus 141 kt last year

* Rio Tinto's expected pilbara shipments in 2017, subject to weather, are around 330 million tonnes on a 100 per cent basis.

* In 2017, rio tinto's expected share of mined copper production remains unchanged at between 500 and 550 thousand tonnes

* Guidance for Rio Tinto's expected share of 2017 production for hard coking coal is revised to 7.2 to 7.8 million tonnes due to impact of cyclone Debbie

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