RIO News: Rio Signs Deal With China’s Baowu for New Pilbara Iron Mine - 14th Sep 2022, 12:56pm

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(Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group has formed a joint venture with its biggest customer, Chinese state-owned giant China Baowu Steel Group Co., to develop a new iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Rio will take a 54% stake in the new Western Range mine, and Baowu will hold 46%. The mine will cost $2 billion of which Rio will provide $1.3 billion, and is expected to begin producing in 2025, Rio said in a statement Wednesday.

The deal extends a long relationship between one of ...

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