Rio Tinto reports a nine percent year-on-year rise in copper equivalent production for the first quarter of twenty twenty-six. Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia drives the growth, surging fifty-six percent year-on-year to one hundred and two thousand metric tons. The Pilbara iron ore operations deliver the second-highest first-quarter output since twenty eighteen, while Simandou achieves its historic first commercial shipment to China. Two tragic fatalities at Simandou and Kennecott cast a sombre shadow over an otherwise strong operational quarter