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Rio forks out for Robe River

Aimed at maintaining West Angelas production capacity at 35Mtpa

The West Angelas Sustaining Project will target fresh deposits of iron ore.

The West Angelas Sustaining Project will target fresh deposits of iron ore. | Credits: Rio Tinto

With all the necessary government approvals to begin mining, Rio Tinto and its Japanese partners in the Robe River iron ore JV are expected to fork out US$733 million (A$1.1 billion) to develop the West...

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