Thursday, Aug 18,
World no. 2 iron ore producer Rio Tinto RIO said on Thursday it was resuming normal operations at two mines in Australia shut this week after a worker was fatally injured.
Rio Tinto on Tuesday suspended mining at its Brockman 2 and the adjacent Nammuldi mines, which together account for 15 million tonnes of annual production, or 6 percent of the company’s worldwide production.
“Operations will progressively return to normal during the course of the day,” a company spokesman said.
The Nammuldi deposit currently yields about 6 million tonnes of ore a year. The Brockman 2 mine produces around 9 million tonnes a year.
Source: Reuters
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