Remote-controlled stackers and reclaimers move iron ore to rail cars at Rio Tinto's Port Dampier operations
Remote-controlled stackers and reclaimers move iron ore to rail cars at Rio Tinto's Port Dampier operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region in 2010. Australia's mining exports to China saw it all but shrug off the financial crisis, but talk of the Asian giant slowing shook the market this week, casting a pall over Canberra's surplus hopes.