The West Australian reported that Atlas Iron has signed 3 new offtake contracts covering about 2.2 million tonnes of iron ore a year. The 3 contracts, which have durations of one to 3 years, were signed with 2 unnamed Chinese steel mills ...
Tags: Atlas Iron, offtake agreements, steel mills, steel
The West Australian reported that Aquila Resources will have to wait until at least March to resolve its funding dispute with West Pilbara iron ore partner AMCI, saying that an arbitration hearing will not be held until February 2013. The ...
Tags: iron ore, Aquila Resources, iron ore partner, iron, ore
RARE-EARTHS miner Lynas has scored another win in its list of court battles over its Malaysian processing plant, with key opponents losing an appeal to stop it operating the facility. The Save Malaysia Stop Lynas group had appealed ...
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The West Australian reported that Fortescue Metals Group is considering selling a small interest in its rail and port infrastructure. Mr Nev Power CEO of Fortescue Metals Group said that the company was in negotiations with potential ...
Tags: Fmg Closer, Construction, Rail, Port Infrastructure
The West Australian reported that BC Iron surged more than 9% after the iron ore miner raised USD 47 million in a placement at a premium as part of a deal with Fortescue Metals Group to take a bigger stake in its Nullagine JV project. BC ...
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The West Australian reported that the Hamersley Ranges are the centre of the Pilbara's iron ore wealth and the foundation of the success of both BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. So for Fortescue Metals Group founder Mr Andrew Forrest launch of ...
Tags: iron ore price news, jobs in mining, mining, mining coal news
The West Australian reported that the most senior Chinese official to visit the barren Oakajee port site since the USD 6 billion venture hit a funding brick wall says the Middle Kingdom is frustrated that its many iron ore mines in the Mid ...
Tags: barren Oakajee port site, brick wall, iron ore, Oakajee project
The West Australian cited Mr Chris Ellison MD of Mineral Resources as saying that the company plans a spin out of its iron ore assets within the next 2 years. According to the company, over the past 3 years MinRes has quietly built a ...
Qantas will deploy wide-body Airbus A330s on all weekday Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth services. A new Qantas A330, which landed in Sydney this week from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, will become the ninth A330 flying on the Qantas ...
Rio Tinto and Paladin Energy have attempted to scuttle BHP Billiton’s USD 430 million sale of the Yeelirrie uranium deposit to Canadian giant Cameco. Both Rio and Paladin have made submissions to the Foreign Investment Review Board ...
Cadbury,the confectionery brand owned by Kraft Foods,has dropped its dark-purple wrapping and introduced green and gold wrapping for its Dairy Milk chocolate product,in order to show support for the Australian athletes who will be ...
Tags: wrapping, athletes, Olympic Games