Rio Tinto has committed $1.2bn to expand the capacity of its Cape Lambert port and the rail network in the Pilbara region.

Rio Tinto is to spend $1.2bn expanding Cape Lambert
The investment is part of a larger $3.4bn commitment by the mining giant to expand its iron ore operations in Western Australia.

The project would increase production capacity to 283mt of iron ore per annum by the second half of 2013, Rio said.

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