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BHP has added more than 5000 people to its workforce in the 2020 financial year.

BHP is establishing a new company that will comprise Banjima Elders and senior company representatives to provide input into mine plans at the South Flank iron ore project in Western Australia.

BHP has now developed more than three quarters of the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

BHP has overcome COVID-19 to achieve record production at its Western Australian iron ore operations, as well as at the Caval Ridge and Poitrel coal mines in Queensland.

BHP has held off a portion of its South Flank mine development in the Pilbara region of Western Australia due to its impact on cultural heritage sites belonging to the Banjima people.

Iluka Resources has taken steps to demerge its royalty business at the BHP-operated Mining Area C iron ore project in Western Australia after a company review.

BHP has finished off 2019 with a notable increase in copper production after the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia overcame an operational issue.

Fitch Solutions has predicted that Australian iron ore production will experience minimal growth from 2020 to 2029, despite new mines such as the South Flank, Koodaideri and Eliwana projects coming online.

Stay on top of the most popular stories on Australian Mining over the past week, including an update on the progress being made at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara.

BHP contractor Fluor Corporation has commenced the construction of the ore handling plant in the South Flank project in Western Australia.

Monadelphous Group has secured construction and maintenance contracts involving BHP in Western Australia.

Stay on top of the most popular stories on Australian Mining over the past week, including the completion of NRW Holdings’ acquisition of BGC Contracting.

Monadelphous has selected REMA TIP TOP Australia to install more than 50 kilometres of conveyor belting for the $US3.6 billion ($5.26 billion) BHP Western Australian Iron Ore South Flank project in the Pilbara.

Iluka Resources to see an increase in annual iron ore production within its Mining Area C royalty with BHP due to the development of the South Flank project in Western Australia.

Stay on top of the most popular stories on Australian Mining over the past week, including the latest contract Rio Tinto has awarded for the development of the Koodaideri iron ore project in Western Australia.

BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie has declared the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia 50 per cent complete.

WestStar Industrial subsidiaries SIMPEC and Precast Australia have continued to pile up top tier contracted works such as the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Stay on top of the most popular stories on Australian Mining over the past week, including BHP’s plan for the future as the company and mining industry contend with a volatile global economy.

Australian Mining speaks with Komatsu Australia chief executive Sean Taylor about what an agreement to deploy haul trucks at BHP’s South Flank project means for the company and Western Australia.

Komatsu will deploy 41 automation-ready Komatsu 930E-5 ultra-class haul trucks at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia from next month.