Rio Tinto on Friday said first-quarter iron-ore shipments will be affected by flood damage from a tropical cyclone that lashed northwest Australia, but stuck with its full-year guidance for 2025.

Rio Tinto (RTPPF.PK, RIO.L, RIO, RTNTF.PK) announced that Tropical Cyclone Sean brought record rainfall to parts of the Pilbara

Fortescue, the world's fourth-biggest iron-ore producer, said it shipped 49.4 million metric tons in the three months ended Dec. 31. That was 1% higher than the same period a year earlier and 4% higher than the quarter immediately prior.