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PrintForce majeure is still in place for Rio Tinto's four coal mines in Queensland Australia but "limited operations are underway", said the miner in its fourth-quarter results.
For the December quarter, Rio Tinto's share of hard coking coal output was nearly 2.28 million tonnes, up 8% year-on-year but down 6% from the previous three months as heavy rainfall hampered operations.
"All the Queensland coal mines are operational but are still constrained in some way by weather impacts, including the impact on third party infrastructure. Rio Tinto is currently unable to provide an estimate of the full impact of this adverse weather or the duration of the force majeure declaration," said Rio Tinto.
"All the Queensland coal mines are operational but are still constrained in some way by weather impacts, including the impact on third party infrastructure. Rio Tinto is currently unable to provide an estimate of the full impact of this adverse weather or the duration of the force majeure declaration," said Rio Tinto.
Full-year hard coking coal output was up 20% to 8.97 million tonnes due to investment in additional shovels and truck fleets.
For semi-soft coking coal, Rio Tinto's production share was 797,000 tonnes for the quarter, taking the full-year total to 3.08 million tonnes, up 7%.
In Western Australia, Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore operations continued to set quarterly and annual production records at 61 million tonnes and 224 million tonnes based on 100% basis, said Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto's share of production was 50.05 million tonnes for the December quarter, taking the full-year total to 184.63 million tonnes, up 8.6%.
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