# Rio Tinto's WTS2 iron ore project hits first ore milestone

First ore has been achieved at Rio Tinto's Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 (WTS2) iron ore project in Western Australia, under a A$400 million EPC contract with Mondium.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-11-05
- Where: Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $276.0M (400.0M AUD)
- Starts operating: 5 Nov 2021
- Status: completed
- Products: iron ore
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md)
- [Mondium](https://endata.com/companies/39338.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2021/11/05/rios-wts2-iron-ore-project-hits-first-ore-milestone-mondium-says/), 2021-11-05: "first ore has been achieved at Rio Tinto’s Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 project (WTS2) in Western Australia"

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