RIO News: Rio Tinto’s flagship iron ore mines report weak start to year - 20th Apr 2022, 10:50pm

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Rio Tinto’s flagship iron ore business had a “challenging” start to the year as it struggled to bring on new projects to replace ageing mines because of labour shortages and supply chain quality problems. The company said its operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia had exported 71.5mn tonnes of the steelmaking commodity in the three months to March, down 8 per cent on the same period last year. Analysts had expected Rio, which is listed in London and Sydney, to ship ...

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