BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to partly share Western Australian rail networks

Australian mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will not have to open up their main rail networks in Western Australia to junior iron ore miners, following an Australian Competition Tribunal decision.
 
The tribunal on June 30 backed an earlier decision by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan to reject an application by Australian miner Fortescue for BHP Billiton's Mt Newman rail line in Western Australia's Pilbara region to be declared open to other users.
 
The tribunal also set aside Mr Swan's decision to let smaller miners use Rio Tinto's Hamersley rail network.
 
However, Fortescue was victorious in convincing the tribunal to declare BHP Billiton's Goldsworthy railway and Rio Tinto's Robe River open to other users.