Tag: iron ore
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...
New regulation in the Fair Work Act could prevent damaging strikes
A new regulation in the Fair Work Act has given the WA Government and Port Hedland’s iron ore miners a powerful legal instrument to...
McAleese, set to double iron ore haulage at Mt Webber mine
McAleese Limited, the Melbourne-based bulk haulage and specialised lifting company servicing the Australian mining and resources sector, yesterday announced that McAleese Resources Pty Ltd,...
Rio Tinto awards $9.9 million construction contract to Brierty Limited
Construction and mining services company Brierty Limited and joint venture partner Karlayura Construction Services Pty announced last Thursday that Rio Tinto has awarded them...
BHP Billiton achieves record production at ten operations
BHP Billiton has released its operational review for the nine months ended March 31st, 2014, which showed that the company has managed to maintain...
Roy Hill investment to turn the fortunes of Australian economy
19 commercial banks and five export credit agencies are contributing more than $US7 billion to Hancock Prospecting’s $10 billion Roy Hill project, which is expected...
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