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Rio's coking coal ramp up

RIO Tinto's Kestrel and Hail Creek coal mines in Queensland have had a strong September quarter, bolstering the company's quarterly coking coal production by 3% and preparing the mines for an expected sale by the end of the year.

Lou Caruana
Rio's coking coal ramp up

The Kestrel longwall mine produced 1.2 million tonnes of coking coal for the quarter – up from the 916,000t reported for the June quarter and the 816,000t for the March quarter. The mine produced 2.9Mt...

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