The volume of Australia’s resources (mineral and fuels) exports grew over 10 per cent in 2013 – almost double the annual rate of the last decade – according to statistics released...
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A $70million rail expansion, expected to help lift exports by almost 25 per cent, was launched in Western Australia on Wednesday by WA Mines Minister Bill Marmion. The new fleet of trains will...
The future of iron ore and coking coal, used in the manufacture of steel, could be looking up with the World Steel Association forecasting that global steel production will increase by up to 3.4 per...
BHP Billiton recorded a nine per cent increase in overall production and also achieved output records at 12 operations in the last 2013-14 financial year. On release of the company’s...
The proposed Hawsons Iron Project joint venture, 60km southwest of Broken Hill, has secured port access for up to 12 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of iron ore concentrate through the existing...
Atlas Iron’s Mt Webber iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia was officially opened this morning by WA Mines and Petroleum Minister, Bill Marmion. “This is the fifth iron ore mine...
Northern Territory iron ore miner, Sherwin Iron, has delivered a devastating blow to the Top End’s resources sector by announcing the company will go into voluntary administration, just weeks...
BHP Billiton yesterday celebrated the shipment of its one billionth tonne of iron ore to Japan with customers, joint venture participants and employees in Port Hedland, Western Australia. BHP...
Thousands of jobs could go at BHP’s iron ore operations in Western Australia after an external consultancy handed in a review of proposed cost-cutting measures. According to the ABC, “up to 3,000...
