Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group is expected to finish its internal financing plans this week so US bank Citigroup can start the much-awaited funding campaign for the company’s $2.5 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group is expected to finish its internal financing plans this week so US bank Citigroup can start the much-awaited funding campaign for the company’s $2.5 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara.