Completion of second phase of expansion of iron ore export capacity and West Angelas mine expansion in Robe River Joint Venture in Western Australia
Sep. 03, 2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Completion of second phase of expansion of iron ore export capacity and West Angelas mine expansion in Robe River Joint Venture in Western Australia
The second phase of expansion of the iron ore export capacity and West Angelas mine expansion in the Robe River joint venture (hereinafter, “Robe J/V”) in Western Australia, an iron ore project jointly operated by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Representative Director and President: Kosei Shindo; hereinafter, “NSSMC”) and Rio Tinto (Australia & UK), one of the world’s leading mineral resource companies, has been completed. As a result, the annual export capacity of Cape Lambert Port will increase to more than 200 million tons and the annual production capacity of West Angelas mine will increase to 35 million tons.
Through the Robe J/V, NSSMC will continue its efforts to enable a stable supply and procurement of iron ore in the future.
Robe J/V Outline
1. History:
| 1972 | Robe River iron ore shipments commence |
| 1977 | Equity participation by former Nippon Steel and former Sumitomo Metal |
| 2000 | Rio Tinto acquires North Ltd., conducts equity participation |
| 2002 | West Angelas iron ore shipments commence |
| 2009 | Cape Lambert Port expansion (+23 million tons) |
| 2010 | Robe River mine Mesa A deposit iron ore shipments commence Cumulative total of Robe J/V iron ore shipments reaches 1 billion tons |
| 2013 | Completion of Cape Lambert Port expansion Phase 1 (+53 million tons) |
| 2015 | Completion of Cape Lambert Port expansion Phase 2 (+70 million tons) Completion of West Angelas mine expansion (+6 million tons) |
2. Shares in the Robe JV:
NSSMC: 14%, Rio Tinto: 53%, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.: 33%
Cape Lambert Port
West Angelas mine
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