Rio Tinto (RIO), Mitsui and Nippon Steel will invest $733M – Rio Tinto share $389M – to develop the West Angelas Sustaining Project, part of the Robe River Joint Venture in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The project, to develop new iron ore deposits in the West Angelas hub, has now received all necessary State and Federal Government approvals. The deposits will maintain the West Angelas hub’s total annual production capacity of 35 million tonnes, extending mining activity for years to come. The project will leverage existing West Angelas processing infrastructure and includes the construction of new non-process infrastructure precincts and 22-kilometres of haul roads. Ore mined at the new deposits will be autonomously trucked to the West Angelas hub, with first ore scheduled for 2027. About 600 jobs will be created during construction. Once operational, the project will help sustain a workforce of about 950 full time equivalent roles at the West Angelas hub.
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