April 22 (Reuters) – BHP Group on Wednesday said its third-quarter iron ore production rose 3%, as a strong performance at its Western Australia operations outweighed impacts from tropical cyclones, while the miner maintained its outlook for the full year.
Two tropical cyclones in February and March disrupted operations at Port Hedland, the world’s largest iron ore export hub in Western Australia, affecting shipments of the key steel-making commodity.
The world’s largest listed miner said iron ore output from its Western Australia mine operations on a 100% basis was 69.8 million metric tons in the quarter ended March 31, higher than the Visible Alpha estimate of 68.9 million tons.
This compares to 67.8 million tons last year.
However, realised prices for the steelmaking ingredient fell 2% to $85.35 per wet metric tonne for the three months.
Fiscal 2026 iron ore production guidance from Western Australia operations on a 100% basis remains unchanged at 284 million tons to 296 million tons, the company said.
(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
