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

14th Jul 2010 06:24

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--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. -By David Fickling, Dow Jones Newswires; +61 2 8272 4689; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 14, 2010 01:24 ET (05:24 GMT)