Oct 31 (Reuters) - Australia's Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) RIO.AX on Thursday forecast a 5% year-on-year rise in iron ore shipments for 2020 and also deferred $500 million of capital expenditure in 2019 to the next year.
The global miner said total capital expenditure in 2019 is expected to be at around $5.5 billion, and $7 billion in 2020. ($1 = 1.4468 Australian dollars)