Rio Tinto first-quarter iron ore sales rise 2%

Rio Tinto

20/04/2026 23:28

April 21 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto RIO.AX, RIO.L reported a 2.4% jump in its first-quarter iron ore sales on Tuesday, driven by robust production from its Pilbara operations.

The world's biggest iron ore producer sold 72.4 million metric tons (Mt) of iron ore from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended March 31, compared with shipments of 70.7 Mt a year earlier. That missed the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of 74.6 Mt.

 (Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)

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