Weardale Railways
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT
and Darlington Railway was involved in the early days of the line. They carried quarried stone to the iron foundries on the Tees. Ambitious plans to carry line over to Alston and Carlisle in Cumbria never reached fruition. The railway slowly progressed
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Rio Tinto eyes Iron Valley deposit
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Rio Tinto Ltd says it may buy Iron Ore Holdings Ltd's Iron Valley deposit in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Rio Tinto has agreed to enter an exclusive agreement with Iron Ore Holdings to examine its Iron
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