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Japan takes 2 billionth tonne of Rio iron ore

Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm says Rio Tinto has benefited strongly from Japan's continued support.

Karma Barndon
Historical image of the MV Houn Maru laden with Rio's first shipment, in August 1966.

Historical image of the MV Houn Maru laden with Rio's first shipment, in August 1966.

The miner has traded with Japan since the 1920s, with shipments of borates followed by aluminium and titanium slag in the '30s and '50s. In the 1960s as laws around iron ore export changed Japanese...

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