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Iron giants racking up the tonnes

YESTERDAY Rio Tinto announced it had shipped 340 million tonnes of iron ore and today BHP said it had produced 275Mt for the 2017-18 financial year.

Production record in iron ore struck in FY18.

Production record in iron ore struck in FY18.

That 275Mt was a record. BHP's share of that production was 238Mt. It expects to produce between 273Mt and 283Mt in the 2018-19 financial year. A program of work to optimise maintenance schedules...

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