The second phase of expansion of the Robe River Joint Venture, an iron ore project jointly operated by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) and Rio Tinto (Australia & UK), in Western Australia has been completed.

As a result, the annual export capacity of Cape Lambert Port will increase to more than 200 million tonnes and the annual production capacity of West Angelas mine will increase to 35 million tonnes, said a statement.

Through the Robe River Joint Venture, NSSMC will continue its efforts to enable a stable supply and procurement of iron ore in the future, it added. – TradeArabia News Service