Pilbara killer or just killer?

Friday 14 March 2025

I have long argued that RIO’s treasonous Simandou mine is the Pilbara and QLD killer via crashing iron roe and coking prices.

Increasingly, it is also a plain and simple killer of human beings.

13 worker deaths reported at Simandou since June 2023, sources and documents say
Some safety guidelines not implemented, according to sources and accident reports
Project prioritizes schedule over safety, some sources say
Guinea is investigating safety issues at the mine, minister says
Chinese consortium says it has taken safety concerns seriously during construction

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.