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Rio Tinto iron ore expansion underdone on rail, mining

RIO Tinto’s headline-grabbing iron ore expansion in Western Australia still leaves the diversified mining giant short of the mark on rail and mining, according to investment analysts.

Stephen Bell
Rio Tinto iron ore expansion underdone on rail, mining

Scrambling to meet booming Chinese demand, Rio said last week it would spend US$920 million over the next two years expanding its Hamersley Iron division in WA. But analysts at brokerage UBS believe...

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