The company first took a stake in Simandou – the world’s richest untapped iron ore deposit – in 1997. But for years, its development was delayed by legal wrangling over ownership, by military coups in ...

Four WCS employees said the Chinese consortium and its contractors had concealed evidence of some fatalities from Rio Tinto-Simfer secondees. They did not provide any written evidence to support ...

Four WCS employees said the Chinese consortium and its contractors had concealed evidence of some fatalities from Rio Tinto-Simfer secondees. They did not provide any written evidence to support ...

None of the fatalities have been reported publicly. Rio Tinto on October 28, 2024 announced the death of another worker at the port site. The level of worker fatalities on the mine's rail and port ...

Leadership from WCS and Simfer were meeting regularly to share learnings, discuss key issues and potential solutions, he said. Four WCS employees said the Chinese consortium and its contractors had ...

The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex, which is being developed by Anglo-Australian mining giant ...