Heavy rain flooded a railcar dumper, cut off access roads, and stopped trains on Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore network. Numerous reports of damage to housing in the Rio town were also registered. Rio ...

The male driver was rescued about 1pm and was taken to Woody Woody minesite for a health assessment, according to local media reports.

Rio Tinto has warned that first-quarter iron ore shipments from WA’s Pilbara region will be lower ... A railcar dumper that offloads iron ore from trains to port operations has been put out ...