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Lifting iron ore output an option for Rio

"But we're not about to do anything stupid"

Kristie Batten in Perth*
Room to move: Rio Tinto has capacity to increase iron ore supply to fill any gaps in the market

Room to move: Rio Tinto has capacity to increase iron ore supply to fill any gaps in the market

It is estimated Vale's Brumadinho tailings disaster could remove 50 million tonnes of iron ore from the market. Rio's main rival BHP has said it has no capacity to plug any supply gaps, but with Rio's...

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