Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Expansion Moving Forward on Schedule

EPC Engineer reported that Rio Tinto has installed a new shiploader at the new wharf at Cape Lambert. The shiploader is a major part of the company’s Pilbara expansion, which is progressing on schedule, and has a nominal annual capacity of 55 million tonnes.

As quoted in the market news:

“The last time we received a new shiploader was in 2007, also at Cape Lambert, on the existing wharf as part of the capacity expansion to 220 million tonnes a year. This is a powerful visible reminder that we are progressing rapidly towards the reaching our interim target of achieving 290 million tonne annual capacity for the Pilbara operations,” [Michael Gollschewski, Pilbara Projects COO,] said.

“The shiploader joins the two new stackers, two reclaimers and a new car dumper in the newly constructed stockyard for the Cape Lambert expansion, which means all of our major coastal infrastructure for the 290 Mt/a project is now safely on site and in place ensuring a major element of risk has now been resolved.”

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