Qrtly Production Report -Pt.2

Rio Tinto PLC
24 October 2001

PART 2



Iron Ore Company of Canada

Total production and shipments from the Carol Lake operations (Rio Tinto
56.1% (a)) in Labrador, Canada.

(100% basis)

Carol Lake operations
Saleable production:
Concentrates
('000 tonnes)      567     868      638     1,019   630     567    2,287
Pellets
('000 tonnes)      1,609   3,092    2,702   3,306   2,986   1,609  8,994

Shipments:
Concentrate
('000 tonnes)      718     1,124    652     1,098   727     718    2,477
Pellets
('000 tonnes)      1,781   2,517    1,987   2,824   2,207   1,781  7,018

(a)  Rio Tinto acquired its interest in Iron Ore Company of Canada as part
     of the purchase of North Limited. Production data are shown from 11
     August 2000, the effective date of the acquisition.

The third quarter of 2001 saw a solid operating performance by IOC,
despite the challenges associated with the commissioning of the first of
three lines of the Concentrator Upgrade Project.  Poor conditions in IOC's
major markets persisted through the quarter, with low utilisation rates of
steel mills in North America and Europe.

On 27 September 2001, IOC announced that, due to deteriorating market
conditions, the reconditioning of the pellet plant in Sept Iles, Quebec,
would be suspended.

Rio Tinto Brasil Limitada
Total production at the Corumba mine (Rio Tinto 100%) in Corumba, Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Corumba mine
Total iron ore
production
('000 tonnes) (a)  281     178      156     116     206     600     478
(a)  Production includes by-product fines.

Production was lower in the first nine months of 2001, than in the first
nine months of 2000, due to a delay until June 2001 in renewing a major
sales contract.

Robe River Iron Associates

Total production and shipments from the Pannawonica mine (Rio Tinto 53%
(a)) in Western Australia.

(100% basis)

Pannawonica mine
Saleable production
('000 tonnes)      4,831   7,954    6,781   6,970   8,692   4,831  22,443
Shipments
('000 tonnes)      5,600   7,295    7,308   7,136   9,087   5,600  23,531

(a)  Rio Tinto acquired its interest in Robe River as part of the purchase
     of North Limited. Production data are shown from 11 August 2000, the
     effective date of the acquisition.

Production for the third quarter of 2001 was 25% higher compared with the
previous quarter.  Third quarter 2001 production established a new
quarterly record.  Whilst shipments for the third quarter were 5% down
compared with the total shipments by Robe in the third quarter of 2000,
they were 27% higher than the previous quarter.

NICKEL

Rio Tinto Brasil Limitada
Total nickel in matte production at the Fortaleza mine (Rio Tinto 100%) in
Brazil

Fortaleza mine
Production
(tonnes)       1,333       2,674    2,710   2,487   2,989   6,064   8,186

Production  was higher in the first nine months of 2001 than in the first
nine months of 2000 due to a planned maintenance shutdown being postponed
to October 2001, a mining and a metallurgy performance improvement and the
anticipated open pit closure causing a month's production stoppage last
year.

Rio Tinto Zimbabwe

Total refined metal production at the Empress Nickel refinery (Rio Tinto
56%) in Zimbabwe.

(100% basis)

Empress Nickel refinery
Production
(tonnes)           1,869   1,654    1,623   1,651   1,770  5,281  5,044

SALT

Dampier Salt

Total production of salt from Dampier, Lake MacLeod and Port Hedland
(a)(Rio Tinto 64.9%) in Western Australia.

(100% basis)

Salt production
('000 tonnes)      1,142   1,095    1,385   1,571   1,550  3,504  4,506

(a)  Production data from the newly acquired Port Hedland operation
(Dampier Salt 100%) are included with effect from 17 August 2001.

TALC

The Luzenac Group
Total talc production from Luzenac Group operations in Europe (Rio Tinto
99.9%), North America (Rio Tinto 100%) and Australia (Rio Tinto 100%)

(100% basis)

Talc
production
('000 tonnes)      324     302      323     319     312    960    953

TITANIUM DIOXIDE FEEDSTOCK

Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium
Rio Tinto share of titanium dioxide feedstock production in Canada and
South Africa.

(Rio Tinto share)
Titanium dioxide
feedstock
production
('000 tonnes)      341     368      356     371     359    1,000   1,086

URANIUM

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd
Total production at the Ranger mine (Rio Tinto 68.4% (a)) in the Northern
Territory, Australia.

(100% basis)

Ranger mine
Production
(tonnes U3O8)      548     1,216    1,320   947     789    548     3,056

(a)  Rio Tinto acquired its interest in ERA as part of the purchase of
     North Limited.  Production data are shown from 11 August 2000, the
     effective date of the acquisition.

Rossing Uranium Ltd
Total uranium production at the Rossing Uranium mine (Rio Tinto 68.58%) in
Namibia.

(100% basis)

Production
(tonnes U3O8)      821     836      724     449     793    2,365   1,966

Production in the third quarter of 2001 was better than in the first two
quarters despite a rod mill failure.

ZINC

Norzink AS
Total refined zinc production at the Norzink smelter (Rio Tinto 50% (a))
in Norway.
(100% basis)

Production
('000 tonnes)      35.2    34.7     36.3    4.5     -      103.7   40.9

(a)  Rio Tinto completed the sale of its interest in Norzink on 17 April
     2001.

Zinkgruvan Mining AB

Total production at the Zinkgruvan mine (Rio Tinto 100% (a)) in Sweden.

Ore treated
('000 tonnes)      127     179      201      203    195     127    599
Average ore grades:
Zinc (%)           10.1    11.1     8.2     8.0     8.5     10.1   8.2
Lead (%)           3.8     4.3      3.3     3.9     3.5     3.8    3.6
Silver (g/t)       107     112      75      87      83      107    82
Production of zinc
concentrate
('000 tonnes)      22.7    33.9     28.0    26.6    27.8    22.7   82.4
Production of lead
concentrate
('000 tonnes)      5.5     9.1      7.9     9.6     8.6     5.5    26.1
Production of
metal in
concentrates:
Zinc
('000 tonnes)      12.8    18.7     15.3    14.8    15.1    12.8   45.2
Lead
('000 tonnes)      3.9     6.6      5.7     6.9     5.8     3.9    18.4
Silver
('000 tonnes)      271     431      347     396     326     271    1,069

(a)  Rio Tinto acquired its interest in Zinkgruvan as part of the purchase
     of North Limited.  Production data are shown from 11 August 2000, the
     effective date of the acquisition.

As expected, zinc grades in 2001 continue to be lower than in 2000.


EXPLORATION

Expenditure

Total pre-tax exploration expenditure charged to the profit and loss
account for the quarter ending 30 September 2001 was US$34 million
compared with US$28 million for the comparable quarter in 2000.  Total
expenditure for the first nine months of 2001 was US$88million compared
with US$86 million in the first nine months of 2000.

Ongoing Programmes

Country        Commodity           Programme Summary

Argentina      Borates             Exploration drilling was completed at
                                   the Tincalayu sodium borate mine in
                                   Argentina with new resources outlined      
                                   in three areas.
Indonesia      Copper and gold     In Block A, exploration and delineation
                                   drilling continued on porphyry gold-copper 
                                   mineralisation within the Ertsberg         
                                   intrusion and on extensions to the Kucing  
                                   Liar skarn system on the periphery of the  
                                   Grasberg intrusion.
Turkey         Copper and gold     Exploration drilling continued at the
                                   Cukur Dere gold-copper prospect near
                                   Copler in Turkey.
North America  Copper              Exploration drilling commenced at the
                                   Resolution copper project in Arizona.
South America  Copper              Exploration drilling continued at the
                                   Marcona copper-gold prospect in southern   
                                   Peru.
India          Diamonds            A kimberlite pipe was discovered in
                                   Andhra Pradesh.  Surface samples are
                                   currently being analysed for diamonds.
Brazil         Diamonds            Seven kimberlite pipes were discovered
                                   in the Guarda Mor area of Brazil.
                                   Surface samples are currently being
                                   analysed for diamonds.
Canada         Diamonds            Three kimberlite pipes were discovered
                                   on the Tahera property in the Nunavut
                                   region.  Drill core analyses from the
                                   Anuri pipe indicate that it is
                                   significantly diamondiferous.  Results     
                                   are awaited for drill core from the        
                                   other two pipes.
Iran           Gold                Exploration drilling continued at the
                                   Dashkasan prospect in Iran.