By Rhiannon Hoyle

SYDNEY--Rio Tinto PLC (RIO.LN) said it has issued force majeure notices to some buyers of its iron ore after a tropical cyclone lashed the coast of northwest Australia, disrupting exports of the steelmaking commodity.

Rio Tinto, one of the world's biggest shippers of iron ore, said Friday it was assessing damage caused by tropical cyclone Veronica to its Cape Lambert A port facility and that it is working with its customers to minimize any disruption in supplies.

That shipping terminal has a capacity of more than 85 million metric tons a year.

Rail and port operations at Rio Tinto's other export hubs, Port of Dampier and Cape Lambert B, have resumed and are ramping up, the mining company said in an emailed statement.

It said further details will be released in its quarterly operational report on April 16.

Write to Rhiannon Hoyle at rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 29, 2019 01:19 ET (05:19 GMT)

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