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Worker dies on Rio Tinto mine site, operations suspended
By Reuters
A contract worker has died following an incident at Rio Tinto’s SimFer mine at the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
Rio Tinto, the world’s largest producer of iron ore, said work had been suspended at the SimFer mine site after the accident on Saturday.
Chief executive Simon Trott will travel to Guinea this week, saying “Nothing is more important than the safety of everyone who works with us".
A Reuters review of internal documents, conducted in 2025, found six local workers had been killed between June 2023 and November 2024.
Since November 2024, at least two additional fatalities have been reported at the project.
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