Rio Tinto has resumed mining all its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia after a two week break. The mining giant announced in November last year it planned to cut 2008 iron ore production from its Pilbara operations by about 10 per cent in response to weaker demand from customers.

A spokesman for the miner said coastal operations in the Pilbara had continued as normal over the Christmas break but that mining and rail operations inland had been suspended and these were now resuming.

Rio has said that, depending on demand from customers, it expects its global iron ore production and shipments for 2009 to be about 200 million tonnes on a 100 per cent basis.

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