Rio Tinto maintains 2026 iron ore shipment guidance despite cyclone disruptions

Rio Tinto, the world's largest iron ore producer, has kept its Pilbara iron ore shipment guidance for 2026 unchanged at 323-338 million tonnes, despite recent weather-related disruptions to port operations in Western Australia, the company said in a press release on March 30.

The announcement came after the Australian mining giant resumed operations at three of its four major Pilbara iron ore port terminals on March 28. The terminals – located across Cape Lambert and Dampier in Western Australia – had been shut on March 24 ahead of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, which