RIO News: A $91 Billion Trade Means Mining in One of The World’s Hottest Places - 13th Aug 2024, 8:00am

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(Bloomberg) -- Snaking through the russet-colored expanse of Australia’s remote Outback, vast mile-long trains ferry iron ore — the nation’s most valuable export — across a crucial mining district that’s increasingly vulnerable to volatile weather and where temperatures have matched the Southern Hemisphere’s record of 50.7C (123F).

Heatwaves during the country’s most recent summer set new extremes across the Pilbara region, roughly the size of Spain. That has ...

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