Rio Tinto expansion

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has completed a $860m expansion of its Australia-based Cape Lambert port in what could mark the end of its aggressive Pilbara iron ore growth programme. The port expansion – to increase ship-loading capacity from 55 million tonnes a year to 80 million tonnes a year – was completed ahead of schedule.

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