Rio Tinto maintains 2021 iron ore shipment guidance despite weather-hit Q1

摘要

o Tinto has maintained its iron ore shipment guidance for 2021 despite its operations being impacted by bad weather during the January-March quarter, the company said April 20 in its quarterly result. "Pilbara iron ore shipments of 77.8 million mt (100% basis) were 7% higher than the first quarter of 2020. Production of 76.4 million mt (100% basis) was 2% lower, driven by above-average wet weather in the mines through February and fixed plant reliability," the miner said. "Labour resource availability and weather challenges disrupted maintenance," Rio said, adding that Tropical Cyclone Seroja impacted mine and port operations in April.