[miningmx.com] – RIO Tinto will resume work on its $20bn iron ore project in Guinea called Simandou which was halted amid the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, said Bloomberg News.
The newswire quoted Rio Tinto diamond and minerals unit CEO, Alan Davies, saying: “There are people considering returning to site, they are not quite there yet. We remain on a very vigilant standing for Ebola, what we don’t want to do is to let our guard down’.
Rio Tinto now expects a feasibility study on the project in southeastern Guinea will probably be completed this year and will resume construction projects stalled amid the outbreak, said Bloomberg News.
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