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Green light for US$1.2B iron ore investment

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1 Dec 2010

by BMI Editorial

Rio Tinto has approved a further US$1.2B investment in its drive to lift annual iron ore production capacity in Western Australia’s Pilbara region to 283 mtpa.

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