iron ore

TNG has appointed a German company to arrange a $US600 million ($850 million) debt raising for its 100 per cent-owned Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.

BHP’s introduction of autonomous equipment at the $4.5 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara is under way.

Mount Gibson Iron’s recommencement of operations at the Koolan Island iron project in Western Australia is scheduled to start by the end of March 2019.

Rio Tinto has awarded a $45 million construction contract to Pindan at its Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Havilah Resources has reported the discovery of a significant iron ore deposit in the Grants Iron Ore Basin in South Australia.

A disagreement has emerged between the Western Australian Government and Clive Palmer over the dispute between the mining magnate’s company, Mineralogy, and China’s CITIC Pacific.

Rio Tinto has approved a $US2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) investment in the Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has won a contract to deliver the largest rail mounted stackers and reclaimers in the world to BHP’s $4.6 billion South Flank project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group, in celebrating its achievements in the past 2018 financial year, has reinforced its focus on building sustainable mines of the future.

Cat mining trucks working within the MineStar Command for hauling automation solution have reached one billion tonnes hauled.

Roy Hill has signed two memoranda of understanding with Chinese companies during the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

Mineral Resources has revealed that about 30 iron ore wagons returning to its Koolyanobbing iron ore mine in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia have derailed.

BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie says the company will continue to invest in its rail structure in light of Monday’s derailment of a BHP iron ore train in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Thiess will install autonomous haulage technology at Fortescue Metals Group’s Christmas Creek iron ore operation in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Fortescue has secured eight memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with major Chinese steel mills during the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE).

Mineral Resources has secured a milestone at the Koolyanobbing iron ore operation by delivering its first fully loaded train from the site to the Port of Esperance.

Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines is optimistic that China’s trade dispute with the United States will not dampen iron ore demand from China.

Fortescue has posted a rise in production of 14 per cent year on year in what chief executive officer Elizabeth Gaines called “a strong start” to the company’s 2019 first quarter.

For the past 15 years the success of Fortescue Metals Group and growth of the Pilbara iron ore industry has been guided by one man – Andrew Forrest, winner of the Prospect Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

State-owned Chinese conglomerate CITIC and subsidiaries Sino Iron and Korean Steel have launched legal proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy.