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GE and Rio Tinto partner for rail performance

Rio Tinto and GE Transportation signed a five-year customer service agreement (CSA) in May to build mutual assurance around the miner’s rail operation

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GE’s Fraser Borden and Rio Tinto’s Karen Richardson outside the maintenance workshop in Karratha, Western Australia

GE’s Fraser Borden and Rio Tinto’s Karen Richardson outside the maintenance workshop in Karratha, Western Australia

The CSA covers the servicing of Rio Tinto’s 196 locomotives - a pure GE fleet - which ply 1,600km of private railway between 15 mines in the famously harsh, hot, red-dirt region of the Pilbara, north Western...

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