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Derek Rose

Rio Tinto, partners commit $1.1b to new iron ore mine

A new project at the West Angelas iron ore hub is expected to create hundreds of jobs. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Rio Tinto and its Japanese partners will invest $US733 million ($A1.1 billion) to develop new iron ore deposits in the Pilbara.

Rio Tinto, Mitsui Group and Nippon Steel said on Tuesday they would move forward with the West Angelas Sustaining Project after it received all necessary state and federal government approvals.

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