Rio, world’s biggest steelmaker join forces on green iron plant in WA


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They will also study opportunities for producing low-carbon iron in WA as flagged by Baowu chairman Chen Dorong in a meeting with Trade Minister Don Farrell in Beijing in May. Rio iron ore boss Simon Trott travelled to China the week after the Farrell trade mission and had talks with Boawu about producing green iron in WA and other matters. The thinking in the iron ore industry is that Baowu could invest in green iron production in the Pilbara and send that product to China in pellet form as a way to drastically reduce emissions from its existing mills. However,...