BRIEF-Rio Tinto Q4 global iron ore production 70.4 mln tonnes

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd RIO.AX :

* Says in Q4 co's share of refined copper production 57.7 thousand tonnes, down 4 percent

* says Q4 global iron ore production 70.4 mt, up 6 percent; Q4 global iron ore shipments 72.4 mt, up 8 percent

* says Q4 mined copper production 172.8 kt, up 5 percent

* says Q4 co's share of mined copper production 64.5 thousand tonnes, up 9%

* says Q4 rio tinto share of aluminium production 868 thousand tonnes, up 2 pct

* says Q4 co's share of iron ore production 56 mln

tonnes , up 6 percent

* says clean-up and recovery operations at era's ranger processing plant are progressing

* says at RöSsing, some processing operations were restarted on 11 jan 2014 and will continue to be progressively restored during first quarter

* says fy co's share of iron ore production 209 mln tonnes

* says Pilbara Mine production capacity will increase by more than 60 mln tonnes between 2014 and 2017

* rail and port operations impacted by cyclone christine have now resumed

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