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Rio Tinto faces new iron ore shipping snarls due to cyclones
Rio Tinto said on Tuesday it had begun clearing iron ore ships from two Western Australian ports as two tropical cyclones offshore swell seas and complicate its efforts to repair infrastructure damaged by a previous cyclone last month. "Safety is our priority. As is procedure, we began sending ships from Cape Lambert Port at the weekend and Dampier Port last night, out to sea, to avoid high sea swells and wave conditions created by Tropical Cyclone Taliah and Tropical Cyclone Vince," a Rio spokesperson said via email.Rio warned last month that its first-quarter iron ore shipments could be affected by ... (full story)