Ferro-alloys.com：Foreign News reported on January 28 that mining giant Anglo American announced that its Minas-Rio project will produce 6.5 million tons of iron ore in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 5% from the same period last year, reflecting the performance of the project. Continue to be strong. In the third quarter, the project underwent a one-month planned shutdown for routine internal pipeline inspections.

In 2020, the Minas-Rio project will produce a total of 24.1 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 4% over the previous year.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company's Kumba iron ore output decreased by 19% year-on-year to 9.6 million tons, mainly due to the above-average rainfall, and problems with the operation of the Sishen crusher and Kolomela plant.

During this period, Kumba mine iron ore sales decreased by 3% year-on-year to 10.1 million tons. For the whole year of 2020, the iron ore output of the Kumba mine decreased by 13% year-on-year to 37 million tons.

In addition, Anglo American’s coking coal output in the fourth quarter was 4.2 million tons, a 14% decrease from the previous quarter and a 33% decrease from the same period last year because Grosvenor suspended production after an underground gas leak occurred in May 2020. , And Moranbah's production was reduced due to geological problems. In 2020, the company's coking coal output was 16.8 million tons, a decrease of 26% from the previous year.

Anglo American’s 2021 iron ore production target is still 64-67 million tons, of which Kumba mine’s target is 40-41 million tons, and Minas-Rio project’s output target is 24-26 million tons; coking coal production guidance in 2021 The target is maintained at 18-20 million tons, subject to further disruptions related to the new coronavirus.

• [Editor:zhaozihao]