Oct 16 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto reported a

1% rise in third-quarter iron ore shipments on Wednesday, helped

by higher production across its operations.

The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 84.5

million tonnes (Mt) of the steel-making commodity from its

Pilbara operations in the three months ended Sept. 30, compared

with 83.9 Mt shipped last year.

That compares with Visible Alpha consensus estimate of 84.74

Mt.