Rio Tinto Third Quarter 2025 Production Results

Rio Tinto has released its production results from the third quarter of 2025. Pilbara iron ore shipments (100%) reached 84.3 million metric tonnes (Mm/t). This was up 6.0% on the second quarter result. Copper equivalent production increased 9% year-on-year in the third quarter, driven by a strong performance across all the company´s assets. Full year bauxite production guidance was upgraded due to operational excellence, especially at Amrun.

“We continue to strengthen performance from our assets, setting back-to-back quarterly production records in our bauxite business and at Oyu Tolgoi, where the underground ramp-up remains on track to boost copper output by more than 50% this year,” said Rio Tinto´s Chief Executive, Simon Trott. “We are focused on delivering a strong finish to the year from the Pilbara. Our growth projects are also progressing at pace. At Simandou, we started loading first ore at the mine.