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Shipping resumes at Rio Tinto’s East Intercourse Island facility at Dampier Port

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto’s East Intercourse Island (EII) facility at Dampier Port in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has resumed operations after being impacted by Tropical Cyclone Sean.

A railcar dumper at the EII port facility was flooded when Tropical Cyclone Sean delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline, including 274mm to Karratha, on 20 January 2025.

Dumper operation at EII resumed last week and the first ship was loaded today.

As stated in the full year results on 19 February 2025, operations at the Dampier and Cape Lambert Ports were also impacted by Tropical Cyclone Tahlia, Tropical Cyclone Vince and Tropical Cyclone Zelia, with total losses from all four cyclones anticipated to be about 13 million tonnes in the year to date. Mitigation plans are in place to offset about half of this through the course of the year.

Pilbara iron ore shipment guidance for 2025 remains unchanged at 323 to 338 million tonnes.

As the system rebalances and normal operations resume, an update will be provided in the first quarter operations review on 16 April 2025.

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Matt Chambers
M +61 433 525 739
Michelle Lee
M +61 458 609 322
Rachel Pupazzoni
M +61 438 875 469

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Simon Letendre
M +1 514 796 4973
Malika Cherry
M +1 418 592 7293
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M +1 514 715 2152

Media Relations,
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Jesse Riseborough
M +1 202 394 9480

Investor Relations,
United Kingdom
Rachel Arellano
M: +44 7584 609 644
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M +44 7920 010 978
Laura Brooks
M +44 7826 942 797
Weiwei Hu
M +44 7825 907 230

Investor Relations,
Australia
Tom Gallop
M +61 439 353 948
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M +61 472 865 948

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London SW1Y 4AD
United Kingdom
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Rio Tinto Limited
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Melbourne 3000
Australia
T +61 3 9283 3333
Registered in Australia
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