Rio Tinto recoups lost ground in iron ore output as price rises

By Brian Robins
Updated January 17 2017 - 5:13pm, first published 2:45pm

Stronger production of iron ore in the December quarter enabled Rio Tinto to recoup some of the lost momentum in the division which had led it to trim full year production estimates in October with the surge in the price of iron ore to flow through to higher earnings.