Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Western Australia)

Rio Tinto's Iron Ore group is one of the world's largest iron ore producers with approximately 23 per cent of seaborne iron ore trade.  We have operations in Australia and Canada with development projects in Guinea (West Africa) and India.  Our Pilbara operations consist of a network of 11 mines, three shipping terminals and the largest privately owned railway in Australia.  Rio Tinto's Iron Ore group wholly owns Hamersley Iron in Western Australia.  Our iron ore operations in the Pilbara are fully managed by Rio Tinto. We operate and maintain all mining, rail, power and port facilities on behalf of the asset owners: Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto: 100 per cent) and Robe River (Rio Tinto: 53 per cent).  Hamersley Iron owns six mines and also operates the 60 per cent owned Channar mine, a joint venture with an Australian subsidiary of the China Iron & Steel Industry & Trade Group Corporation and the 54 per cent Eastern Range mine, a joint venture with Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation.  The Rio Tinto Iron Ore group also includes Rio Tinto's 53 per cent interest in Robe River Iron Associates's two mines in Western Australia and 59 per cent interest in the Iron Ore Company of Canada. In addition, the Iron Ore group includes a major development project in Guinea at Simandou, and the Orissa project in India.

1. Channar, Australia
2. Eastern Range, Australia
3. Hamersley Iron, Australia
4. HIsmelt®, Australia
5. Iron Ore Company of Canada, North America
6. Robe River, Australia
7. Orissa, India
8. Simandou, Guinea       

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