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Rio's challenge: Building Simandou and eight new Oz mines at the same time

If Rio Tinto develops its portion of the giant Simandou iron ore deposit in Guinea what will happen to the eight (yes, eight) new iron ore mines proposed for its Australian operations?

Tim Treadgold
Rio's challenge: Building Simandou and eight new Oz mines at the same time

The answer is a word not used for some time: sequencing. The last time sequencing surfaced as a corporate business plan was when Royal Dutch Shell tried 20 years ago to sequence the development of its...

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