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Rio Tinto Loses Australia Appeal on Pilbara Non-Union Contract

February 10, 2012, 12:40 AM EST

By Joe Schneider

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- biggest mining company lost an appeal at Australia’s top court to keep using some non-unionized workers at its railway operations in the Pilbara mining region of Western Australia.

To contact the reporter on this story: Joe Schneider in Sydney at jschneider5@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Joe Schneider at jschneider5@bloomberg.net

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