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Rio adds tonnes in the Pilbara

28th February 2019

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

     

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Major Rio Tinto has increased the resource estimate for its Pilbara iron-ore operations, following a 700 000 m drilling programme in 2018.

The miner on Thursday reported a new mineral resource estimate of 23.31-billion tonnes at its Pilbara assets, compared with the previous resource estimate of 22.5-billion tonnes, in 2017.

The resource increase included a maiden mineral resource for the Music Hall and Old Vic deposits, which has added to the Hamersley iron-ore project, as well as an update to the Western Hill deposit, which forms part of the Robe River joint venture.

Rio is expecting iron-ore production in 2019 to reach between 338-million and 350-million tonnes.

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