Confidence grows in Flinders’ Pilbara project as WA backs rail plan

Iron-ore developer Flinders Mines on Monday welcomed the Western Australian government’s backing for the construction of a new railway line in the region. At the end of December, the Western Australian government invited ASX-listed Rutila Resources to negotiate a state agreement for the construction of a railway in the Pilbara, linking the Balla Balla port with the proposed 25-million-tonne-a-year Pilbara iron-ore project, being developed by Flinders.