Port Hedland in the iron ore-rich Pilbara region in Western Australia was shut down on January 22, due to tropical cyclone Peta which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, January 23, slowing down iron ore shipments to the Far East. ...
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Australia-based miner Flinders Mines has announced that it has received the key environmental approvals for its Pilbara iron ore project in Western Australia. Flinders will continue to work on making progress on the remaining approvals ...
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Tropical cyclone Narelle which is forecast to strike Western Australia's Pilbara region,an area rich in mineral and energy sources,has caused the closing of ports and evacuation of workers at mining sites and drilling platforms,according to ...
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A big jump in China's trade surplus buoyed the Australian dollar as dealers bet that the world's second-biggest economy was recovering faster than expected. China's monthly trade surplus widened to $US31.6 billion ($29.9bn) in December, ...
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AAP reported that Atlas Iron is on track to produce up to 7.7 million tonnes of iron ore in 2012-13. It is on track to produce up to 7.7 million tonnes of iron ore in 2012 -13 after bringing its third Pilbara iron ore mine into production. ...
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Australian miner Fortescue has announced that in December 2012 it loaded 8.5 million mt of iron ore at its Herb Elliott port facility at Port Hedland, Western Australia, achieving a record 100 million mt annualized run rate. Fortescue ...
In 2012, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 1.7 million metric tons, decreasing 20.7 percent compared to 2011, according to the monthly data released by the Port Hedland Port Authority. According to the released ...
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Port authority data said that December saw a new high in iron ore exports from Port Hedland, with an increase of 20% MoM to 26.0 million tonne. This took the annual total for 2012 to 252.0 million tonne, up by 34.7 million tonne or 16% on ...
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In December last year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 19.9 percent compared to November and were up 21.7 percent year on year, reaching 26 million metric tons, beating the previous monthly export record of ...
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Reuters reported that iron ore shipments to China from Australia's Port Hedland,a bellwether for Chinese industrial activity,surged 25%in December,from the previous month. Port authority data said that China imported 20.23 million tonnes ...
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The West Australian reported that iron ore holdings is looking for a partner to develop what the Kerry Stokes backed iron ore junior believes could be a large scale industrial salt operation in the Pilbara. IOH has asked Liam Twigger's ...
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Fortescue Metals Group has kicked off the federal government approval process for an ambitious multi billion dollar magnetite iron ore operation south of Port Hedland that it says can produce 15 million tonnes of product a year for 45 ...
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Atlas Iron Limited announced that it has completed the Company's previously foreshadowed USD 325 million financing package,ensuring Atlas remains firmly on track to meet its Pilbara iron ore production target of 12 million tonnes per annum ...
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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 ...