20th Jul 2005 07:23
Rio Tinto PLC20 July 2005 Rio Tinto's 75.7 per cent owned subsidiary, Coal & Allied Industries Limited,issued the following news release in Australia. All dollars are Australiancurrency. Coal & Allied production report for the quarter ended 30 June 2005 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q Full Year'000 tonnes (100% basis)(a) 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2004 Hunter Valley Operations Thermal coal production 2,738 2,838 3,340 2,765 2,497 11,172Semi-soft coking coal production 729 689 308 570 530 2,097Mount Thorley Operations Thermal coal production 710 722 817 718 612 2,762Semi-soft coking coal production 240 258 129 268 458 785 Bengalla Mine Thermal coal production 1,525 1,737 975 1,430 1,274 5,312Warkworth Mine Thermal coal production 1,394 1,381 1,560 1,380 1,335 5,552Semi-soft coking coal production 447 479 239 50 145 1,403 Total coal production 7,784 8,105 7,368 7,181 6,850 29,083 Total sales ('000 tonnes)(a) 7,486 7,931 6,835 7,860 6,564 28,677 (a) Sales relate only to coal mined by the operations and exclude traded coal. Production from all operations was in line with constraints set by the CapacityBalancing System at Port Waratah Coal Services in Newcastle. June sales wereaffected by longer vessel queues due to producers scheduling of vessels to meetsecond quarter shipment allocations. No exploration activity was undertaken. Coal & Allied continued work on the development of the Mount Pleasant deposit(Coal & Allied 100 per cent). For further information, please contact: LONDON AUSTRALIA Media Relations Media RelationsLisa Cullimore Ian HeadOffice: +44 (0) 20 7753 2305 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620Mobile: +44 (0) 7730 418 385 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Investor Relations Investor Relations Nigel Jones Dave SkinnerOffice: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309Richard Brimelow Susie CreswellOffice: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3639Mobile: +44 (0) 7753 783 825 Mobile: +61 (0) 418 933 792 Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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