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Anglo American First-Quarter Copper, Iron Ore Up; Minas Rio On Track

Globally diversified miner Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN) Friday reported first quarter output was higher across most of its commodities including copper, iron ore and diamonds, but combined coal production was flat and nickel and platinum output were down.It also said that its flagship Minas-Rio iron ore project, which has suffered cost overruns and delays, is on track to ship its first ore by the end of 2014 after securing a further two authorizations.Anglo American said its first-quarter iron-ore output rose 2.3% to 10.3 million metric tons due to increased output from its South African Kolomela mine. Iron ore and manganese accounted for 37% of the company's underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, last year.Copper production rose 1.2% to 170,400 tons in the first quarter, as higher output from the company's Chilean Los Bronces mine more than offset lower output from Chile's Collahuasi mine following a planned 45-day shutdown of a key mill f...

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