Another fatality adds to grim toll at Rio Tinto mine
Work has been suspended at Rio Tinto’s SimFer mine site in Guinea after a contract worker died in an incident.
A contract worker has died following an incident at Rio Tintoâs SimFer mine at âthe Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
Rio Tinto, the worldâs largest producer of iron ore, said work had been âsuspended at the SimFer mine site after the incident on Saturday. âChief executive Simon Trott said he will travel to Guinea this week.
âNothing is more important than the safety of everyone who works with us,â Trott said.
âWe are determined to âlearn from this âincident and â to do everything we can to provide the âsafest possible workplace and prevent tragedies like this from happening.â
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A Reuters review of internal documents, conducted in 2025, found six local workers had been killed between June 2023 and November 2024 in the construction of a port and a 670-kilometre railway leading to â the mines in remote rural âGuinea.
Since âNovember 2024, at least two additional fatalities have been reported at the project.
A âRio Tinto spokesperson, âasked about the Reuters findings in 2025, did not comment directly on âthe toll, but said in an emailed statement the company was âworking each and every day with our partners ⌠to share knowledge and âexpertise âso safety is continuously improved across âSimandou â which is a uniquely complex projectâ.
Rio Tinto âowns a 53 per cent stake in the SimFer consortium, which holds the rights to half the vast Simandou concession â Blocks 3 and 4 â while Chinese state groups own the rest of the consortium.
A separate group led by Baowu Winning âConsortium Simandou owns 85 per cent of the operating company for the other half âof the concession â Blocks 1 â and 2.
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