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Cape Lambert blame game

RIO Tinto is suing engineering contractor Monadelphous Group for $493 million in Western Australia’s Supreme Court for causing the fire at Rio Tinto’s iron ore processing facility at Cape Lambert on January 10, 2019.

 Cape Lambert on fire

Cape Lambert on fire

According to a writ of summons filed by Rio Tinto on July 30 on behalf of the Robe River joint venture, Monadelphous had been carrying out maintenance shutdown services prior to the fire starting and was...

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