Rio Tinto Australian Iron Ore Output Rises, Cautions on Cost Inflation -- Update
Rio Tinto, which recently struck a $6.7 billion deal to buy a lithium business, makes most of its money today mining iron ore in remote northwest Australia. Those pits produced a total of 84.1 million metric tons in the three months through September, up 1% year over year and 6% higher than the prior quarter, Rio Tinto said.