Beyond the endless dunes of the Western Sahara lies Mauritania — a country the size of France and Germany combined, yet home to a population of only 4 million. Poverty, scarce infrastructure, and a ...

JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Reuters) - South Africa's logistics group Transnet [TRAN.UL] has shut down its iron ore rail line after a train carrying ore was derailed, the company said on Saturday, ...

The step gives the green light for the first shipments of ore from the Gara Djebilet mine in the western desert near the ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) -2.5% in Tuesday's trading after reporting Q2 iron ore shipments below analyst estimates, reflecting impacts to production from a train derailment in May at its Western Australia ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - World No. 2 iron ore miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc will face the first of a series of rolling strikes by unionised train drivers starting on Saturday, threatening to disrupt up to half ...

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A train loaded with iron ore and operated by BHP Billiton ran away without a driver for 92 kilometers before being forcibly derailed in the early hours of Monday, the company and ...