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Daily Brief Australia: Rio Tinto Ltd and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Rio Tinto: Production in Q3/25 Robust, Metal Price Risks Remain


Rio Tinto: Production in Q3/25 Robust, Metal Price Risks Remain

By Graeme Cunningham

  • The Q3/25 production update was taken well by the market, with iron ore output near flat yoy, copper jumping 10%, and moderate growth for aluminum, alumina and bauxite
  • Some reorganization has started under new CEO Simon Trott, with IOC reported with the core iron ore segment, and two divisions, Borates and Iron and Titanium, placed under review 
  • We see risks from major iron ore market shifts and a potential cyclical downturn hitting copper and aluminum, and it could be fully valued on our below-consensus metal price estimates 

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