[Rio Tinto Q3 copper output at 205,000 tonnes; Oyu Tolgoi up 27% y-o-y]

Published: Oct 15, 2026 18:47 (GMT+8)

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Rio Tinto's third-quarter production report, released on October 14, showed copper output of 205,000 tonnes, slightly above 204,000 tonnes a year earlier. Growth came mainly from the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia, where output rose 27% y-o-y. First-nine-month copper production totalled 646,000 tonnes, up 1% y-o-y. Iron ore output in Q3 was 74.573 million tonnes, above 72.949 million tonnes in Q2 and 74.168 million tonnes a year earlier; quarterly sales reached 90.8 million tonnes, mainly from the Pilbara operations in Australia. Nine-month iron ore output was 217.567 million tonnes, up from 210.124 million tonnes a year earlier. Other products: bauxite 15.7 million tonnes, alumina 2.1 million tonnes, and lithium carbonate equivalent 13,000 tonnes, up 4% y-o-y. Rio Tinto reaffirmed full-year iron ore sales guidance of 343-366 million tonnes for the 12 months to December, with production guidance for other commodities unchanged.

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