MINING powerhouse Rio Tinto has released detailed plans for a massive new $3.5 billion iron ore project, seeking public comment for what would be one of the Pilbara’s biggest mining developments. Lying 110km northwest of Newman, Rio’s Koodaideri project would export up to 35 million tonnes of iron ore per annum across a 30-year mine Read the full article…
FMG to triple production capacity across its mine
Aug 19, 2013 State of the Market
Fortescue Metals Group today officially opened the $US2.4 billion expansion of its port facilities in Port Hedland. WA Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell officially opened FMG’s fourth berth at Herb Elliott Port, representing the last major component of an expansion that has lifted the company’s export capacity to 155 million tonnes per annum. Fortescue Read the full article…