RIO TINTO exported its third billionth tonne of iron ore from Australia on 8 September 2009.
09/09/2009
AMCOR says it is in discussions to acquire part of Rio Tinto’s aluminium packaging unit.
09/02/2009
RIO Tinto says its rail car dumper at the Cape Lambert operation in the Pilbara has been damaged, resulting in the partial suspension of iron ore unloading activities.
08/09/2008
MONADELPHOUS will construct structural, mechanical and piping works for Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Phase I of the Brockman 4 development in WA.
25/09/2009
THE FEDERAL government says the Hamersley, Robe and Goldsworthy railway lines owned by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton should be opened to third-party access.
28/10/2008
RIO TINTO says 50 wagons have been derailed from one of its iron ore trains in the Pilbara, and a 40-car freight train was derailed near Kalgoorlie in an unrelated accident.
02/02/2009
TRAIN drivers at Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations are planning to stop work for 12 hours on 11 October 2008.
07/10/2008
MONADELPHOUS Group has been awarded $100m worth of new contracts by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.
15/05/2009
RIO TINTO will respond to increasing demands for bauxite by developing a deep water port at its Weipa mine.
10/06/2008
RIO Tinto has started upgrading its material transport system with ten new generation locomotives arriving to haul iron ore in the company’s 1300km Pilbara rail network.
11/02/2008
RIO TINTO says it will invest US$371m to automate its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
16/06/2008
ROBE River Mining, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, has awarded a rail construction contract to Macmahon Holdings.
14/03/2008
RIO Tinto Alcan is extending the Fisherman’s Landing Wharf to speed up and expand the unloading capabilities of the plant.
23/09/2008
BHP BILLITON says third parties should not get access to its rail network in the Pilbara, citing the grounding of a Fortescue ship at its Port Hedland harbour.
04/08/2008
THE CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says iron ore train drivers in the Pilbara are considering plans to stop work.
21/08/2008
ASCIANO has entered into long-term contracts with Rio Tinto and Xstrata which will allow it to haul coal exports by rail in Queensland starting early 2010.
07/08/2008
WORLEYPARSONS has acquired a Canadian-based bulk material handling and transportation specialist in marine, port, resource and mining.
06/06/2008
AMIRA International has announced a new research project aimed at enhancing the performance of thickeners used in hydrometallurgy and other minerals processing and handling applications.
08/01/2009
FOUR activists chained themselves to a conveyor belt at the world’s biggest coal terminal on 14 July 2008, disrupting operations for a second day.
15/07/2008
COAL and iron ore are costing less to ship and handle around the world, as China’s demand for steel-making raw materials declines.
18/02/2009