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  BHP Billiton: in the third quarter, the total output of iron ore in Western Australia was 66.7 million tons, the total shipment of iron ore in Western Australia was 66 million tons, and the market forecast was 67.1 million tons. BHP Billiton group still predicted that the annual attributable output of iron ore was 245 million to 255 million tons.

  BHP Billiton group's copper output in the third quarter was 391400 tons, with the market forecast of 379000 tons. The annual copper output is expected to be 1.54 million to 1.66 million tons, compared with the previous forecast of 1.51 million to 1.65 million tons.

• [Editor:Catherine Ren]