Rio Tinto plc can afford to take it easy

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Rio Tinto mining pit
Rio Tinto mining pit

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Rio Tinto(LSE: RIO) expects its iron ore output to fall by 10-20 million tons in 2017, due to problems with its autonomous train system. (Heck, we've all been there haven't we?) However, there are tentative signs it might be time to take its foot off the production gas, anyway.

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