Tag: iron ore
New Broken Hill mine project could create 1700 jobs
Carpentaria Resources Limited - an emerging producer of iron ore in eastern Australia – is about to start the development of its $1.7 billion project...
Rio Tinto posts strong fourth quarter production results
Rio Tinto has released its fourth quarter production results which showed it finished the year in line with guidance across all major products.
The company,...
Rio Tinto and Sinosteel ink Channar Mining JV extension
Rio Tinto and China’s Sinosteel Corporation have agreed to extend their historic Channar Mining Joint Venture that owns the Channar mine in the Pilbara...
Thiess wins $650m Solomon extension
CIMIC Group’s global mining services provider, Thiess, has earned a contract extension to continue to provide mining services at Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon Iron...
Australia to bag $204bn from resource and energy exports in 2016–17
The December 2016 Resources and Energy Quarterly, released by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science on Monday, forecasts that Australia’s resource and energy...
Grange Resources to cut jobs due to plunging iron ore prices
Iron ore miner Grange Resources has warned that it might be forced to cut jobs in order to reduce costs and rescale operations this...
BC Iron and Watpac to face off in court over Nullagine JV contract
Junior iron ore miner BC Iron and mining services contractor Watpac have announced that they will take their dispute over BC Iron’s Nullagine joint...
SA Iron Road inks deal with Chinese investment consortium
South Australian junior miner Iron Road has inked Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with five Chinese steel companies, including with Shandong Iron & Steel Group...
Rio Tinto mines record volumes of iron ore in Australia
Rio Tinto extracted record volumes of iron ore in Australia in 2014, adding to the global oversupply of the commodity which pushed prices to...
BHP Billiton aiming to overtake arch-rival Rio Tinto in the iron ore contest
BHP Billiton is planning to develop a $20 billion outer-harbour project at Port Hedland and expand production beyond its current annual run rate target...
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