Rio Tinto: Rio spends over A$500 million with WA businesses at Tom Price mine
Rio Tinto: Rio spends over A$500 million with WA businesses at Tom Price mine Rio Tinto has to date awarded contracts valued at over $385 million (A$500 million) to local Western Australian and Pilbara Aboriginal businesses to support the latest development of its Greater Tom Price Operations. Construction of the Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 (WTS2) expansion commenced in early 2020 and to date more than 85 per cent of spending on the project has been awarded to Western Australian and Pilbara Aboriginal businesses, directly through Rio Tinto or principal contractor Mondium. At peak construc...