The world’s biggest iron ore miner Rio Tinto said that it had reopened a rail line at its Western Australian operations after a train carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier derailed at the weekend.
The line will remain subject to speed restrictions while a clean-up of the site is underway and an investigation into the cause of the derailment is ongoing, a Rio Tinto spokesman said.
The loaded train with some 30 wagons would have been carrying around 3,900 to 4,500 tons of iron ore, according to one estimate.
Analysts expect Rio to have drawn from port stocks in the meantime, which could impact its ability to blend ore to meet customer requirements.
