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Rio Tinto Pilbara hits Q3 iron ore record

by Jemma Castle — last modified Oct 17, 2012 12:04 PM

Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations achieved a record for iron ore tonnage in the third quarter, producing 50.2m tonnes.

The result was 6% higher than the previous corresponding period where Pilbara operations produced 47.4mt.

This was an 8% increase on the second quarter of 2012 where operations produced 46.7mt.

Yearly production for the nine months to September totalled 140.9mt.

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