Rio Tinto Stops Work at Simandou Iron Ore Project After Fatality

Rio Tinto Group has stopped work at its Simandou iron ore project in Guinea after a worker died at the site, it said in a statement on Sunday, without elaborating on the cause of the accident or on any impact on the mine’s development.

The first exports of high-grade iron ore from the vast West African operation are due in November, after years of delays. Rio, the mine’s operator, did not provide guidance on whether that timeline could be affected by the pause at the SimFer mine.