A summary of Rio Tinto's production results for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as well as its full-year production guidance.
In brief Iron ore production at the company's Pilbara operations in Western Australia totaled 67 million tonnes (100% basis) in January-March 2019, 9% lower than the same period of 2018 after production was disrupted by tropical cyclone Veronica in March and a fire at Rio Tinto's port of Cape Lambert in January.Meanwhile, Pilbara iron ore shipments totaled 69.1 million tonnes in the March quarter of this year, down by 14% from the same period of 2018 and 21% lower than...