BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP,BHP.AX,BBL,BLT.L), the world's biggest miner, said that iron ore production for the third quarter rose 23% from last year to 49.57 million tons.
However, copper production for the third quarter fell 5% year-over-year to 413,900 tons. However, the company left its full-year copper production guidance unchanged at 1.7 million tons, with the expectations of a strong June quarter.
Nickel production for the quarter slipped 19% to 34,100 tons.
The company said metallurgical coal production for the third quarter surged 28% year-over-year to 11.47 million tons, while energy coal production for the quarter increased 11% to 17.72 million tons.
The company raised its full year metallurgical coal production guidance by 2.5 million tons to 43.5 million tons.
Total petroleum production for the third quarter rose 10% from a year earlier to 60.9 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Alumina production for the quarter grew 3% to 1.25 million tons, while Aluminum production for the quarter fell 6% to 286,000 tons.
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