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Monday, February 21, 2011

Rio Tinto sees Q1 iron ore shipments affected by Pilbara cyclones


Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:36am GMT

SYDNEY Feb 21 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto says it expects cyclones affecting its coastal operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region to affect shipped tonnage for the first quarter of this year.

Rio Tinto said it had maintained operations at 14 mines in the region and there have been frequent interruptions at its Dampier and Cape Lambert operations from adverse weather.

(Reporting by Michael Smith; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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