BARRY FITZGERALD

Rio Tinto's new Simandou reality

IT has been a long time since the richly controversial Simandou iron ore project in Guinea has made it into the exploration and evaluation section of a Rio Tinto quarterly report, writes <b>Barry FitzGerald</b>.

Barry FitzGerald
The Simandou iron ore project in Guinea

The Simandou iron ore project in Guinea

But there it was, albeit briefly, in Rio's December quarterly report, released on Tuesday: "We expect to complete the first phase of the technical optimisation work on the infrastructure components...

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