Gina Rinehart's Australia iron ore mine set to ship first cargo

Sydney

AUSTRALIA'S Roy Hill iron ore mine is set to ship its first cargo, marking the start up of the last of the mining-boom era mega projects in Australia.

The US$10 billion development has been led by Gina Rinehart, one of the world's wealthiest women, whose fortune comes from mining the rust-red northwestern Australian outback. "This is a truly momentous occasion as we receive the first vessel alongside the Roy Hill wharf and the first of our high-grade product is loaded for the steel mills of Asia," Ms Rinehart said in a statement on Tuesday.