Rio Tinto probes new iron ore port fire
Rio Tinto probes new iron ore port fire Save Share Rio Tinto has launched an investigation after its West Australian iron ore ports were hit by a third fire in the space of 26 months. The latest fire occurred on Friday within a section of the sprawling port complex the miner operates near the town of Dampier. Following the blaze at the Cape Lambert export operations, Rio was unable to supply some of its iron ore customers. Bloomberg âRio Tinto confirms that a small fire broke out on Friday evening in a screenhouse at our East Intercourse Island port operation in the Pilbara,â sa...