From The West Australian:
Rio Tinto’s top iron ore brass has met with its 50 biggest suppliers and told them the miner would leave “no stone unturned” in efforts to further cut costs in the Pilbara but warned that safety must not be compromised.
The suppliers were told they too had to “cut their cloth” to survive as Rio forced through a new cost regime, now that its massive investment spree in the Pilbara was coming to an end.