BC Iron has been announced as the first iron ore miner to benefit from the Western Australian government’s temporary iron ore assistance program. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said...
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For the first time in over 17 years, trains are again shipping iron ore from Iron Knob to the port at Whyalla in South Australia. Arrium Mining has announced this morning that the rail line has now...
Just under 600 jobs will be shed from South Australia’s mining sector with Arrium Mining announcing the closure of the Southern Iron Project, south of Coober Pedy. Arrium said is was forced to...
The Department of Industry’s Resources and Energy Quarterly-December Quarter 2014 report has forecast that Australia’s resources and energy export earnings will decline by 10 per cent in...
The Pilbara could be getting a new iron ore mine with the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) giving conditional approval for Rio Tinto’s greenfields Koodaideri mine. The project now needs...
BHP and Rio Tinto have been accused of deliberately sending junior iron ore miners to the wall by West Australian Premier Colin Barnett. This latest verbal volley comes after the Premier on Tuesday...
BHP Billiton President Iron Ore, Jimmy Wilson, today announced plans to cut unit costs at Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) by at least 25 per cent and the potential to increase capacity there by 65...
Rio Tinto plans to start building a new iron ore mine next to their existing Yandicoogina mine in the Pilbara some time in 2016, should they receive the necessary government approvals. Despite...
In a battle reminiscent of David and Goliath, junior miner Brockman Mining, has won a case in the Western Australian Supreme Court against Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) over access rights to...
Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry set a new record of $121.6 billion in 2013-14, an increase of nearly 20 per cent compared to the previous financial year. The latest resources...
