Rio Tinto’s borates, TiO2 and salt production all down in first three quarters of 2015
By Myles McCormick
Published: Friday, 16 October 2015
Production figures for the first nine months of 2015 for borates, TiO2 and salt at the mining giant all fell along with a significant drop off in copper production. Its coal and iron ore output conversely picked up.
Global mining behemoth the Rio Tinto Group
has reported declines in production of borates, titanium
dioxide (TiO2) and salt, as the malaise that
continues to envelop the mining sector weighed on the
company’s operations.
In a third quarter operations review published today, the
Anglo-Australian miner revealed Q3 production of 115,000...