Rio Tinto: 1Q Aluminum Production Up

MELBOURNE -(Dow Jones)- Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP) said Wednesday it posted a big jump in aluminum production in the first quarter as its Alcan businesses contributed to output.

Aluminum output rose 386%, alumina 236% and bauxite 106% on year as the operations acquired in Rio’s US$38.1 billion takeover of Alcan made contributions.