Rio Tinto has cut its forecasts for iron ore shipments this year, citing a “tight labour market” in Western Australia as the coronavirus crisis hits the world’s most important production region for the crucial steelmaking ingredient.
The Anglo-Australian miner said on Friday that shipments this year from the Pilbara, its main iron ore producing region in Western Australia, would be in the range of 320m to 325m tonnes for 2021, the low end of its previous guidance of 325m to 340m tonnes.
Rio attributed the shortfall to “modest delays” in the completion of several mining sites brought on by labour constraints in the state.
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