Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga) is pleased to announce that Robe River Iron Associates("Robe River JV", Rio Tinto 53%, Mitsui 33%, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation ("NSSMC") 14%) has completed the second phase of expansion at Cape Lambert as per the original plan, which will bring its iron ore export capacity to more than 200 million tons per year. Prior to this, Robe River JV completed the development of Deposit B and expansion at its West Angelas mine, increasing the nameplate capacity from 29 million tons per annum ("mtpa") to 35 mtpa.

Mitsui, through Robe River J/V, will work to respond to global iron ore demand, which is expected to increase over the medium to long term.

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