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Rio Tinto: 2Q Iron Ore Output 43.6M Metric Tons, Down 2% On Year

Iron ore production by Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO.AU) fell 2% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the same period last year, but improved 1% from the first three months of the year, to 43.6 million metric tons, the company said Wednesday.
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Τετ, 14 Ιουλίου 2010 - 18:58
Iron ore production by Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO.AU) fell 2% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the same period last year, but improved 1% from the first three months of the year, to 43.6 million metric tons, the company said Wednesday.

In a second quarter operations review, Rio said hard coking coal production grew 26% on the same period last year, and 29% on the first quarter, to 2.4 million tons.

U.S. coal production was down 47% from a year earlier but up 11% on the prior quarter at 11.1 million tons, while bauxite output rose 10% year-on-year to 7.9 million tons and alumina output climbed 5% to 2.2 million tons.

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