Australia's Roy Hill secures $7.2 bln to finance iron ore project

MELBOURNE, March 21 (Reuters) - Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill said it has secured $7.2 billion in financing for the Roy Hill iron ore mining project in West Australia.

The funding package completes the financing for the $10 billion mine, rail and port project, which is already 30 percent built, it said.

(Reporting by Sonali Paul)

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