Iron ore price settlement

Rio Tinto PLC 02 March 2005 Iron ore price settlement Hamersley Iron has reached agreement with Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation on prices for Hamersley iron ore deliveries for the contract year commencing 1 April 2005. Under the settlement, the price of Hamersley ore products to Baosteel will increase by 71.5 per cent over contract year 2004 prices. For further information, please contact: LONDON AUSTRALIA Media Relations Media Relations Lisa Cullimore Ian Head Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2305 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Mobile: +44 (0) 7730 418 385 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Investor Relations Investor Relations Peter Cunningham Dave Skinner Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 596 570 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Richard Brimelow Susie Creswell Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3639 Mobile: +44 (0) 7753 783 825 Mobile: +61 (0) 418 933 792 Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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