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BHP Billiton’s ‘solid’ performance (25/01/2002)

... in Indonesia in November 2001 and the sale of the Matla and Glisa mines in South Africa in the June 2001 quarter.Iron ore production was 6% higher than the December 2000 quarter and in line with the September 2001 quarter. West Australian iron ...

South America the place to tango (23/01/2002)

... has established contact with the major mining companies in Brazil. CVRD has many projects underway consisting of gold, iron ore, copper and bauxite mining, energy production including oil, natural gas, solid fuels, electricity and technology ...

Rio Tinto highlights in iron ore, coal, gold and diamonds (23/01/2002)

... highlights of 2001 for Rio Tinto Ltd were in iron ore, coal, gold and diamonds.Iron ore production in 2001 was 25% higher than in 2000. Hamersley established a new production record of 69.9mt, exceeding 2000 by 6%. Total iron ore shipments ...

Record sales for Koolyanobbing (22/01/2002)

... Limited has announced a 63% increase in full-year sales tonnages from its Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project in Western Australia to a record 3.2 million tonnes. Forecast sales for 2002 are 4.6 million tonnes.Portman’s Managing Director, Dr Ian ...

Mt Gibson Iron increases initial output and export through Geraldton (21/01/2002)

... Gibson Iron Limited intends to focus on Geraldton as its port for shipping iron ore when mining commences at Mt Gibson later this year.Previous planning had been based on export through Kwinana.The Geraldton Port Authority has indicated a ...

Koolyanobbing exploration begins (13/12/2001)

... Areas NL claims to have become the first company in 30 years to explore for minerals other than iron ore along the entire length of the Koolyanobbing greenstone belt in Western Australia's Yilgarn Craton.First drilling at the Koolyanobbing ...

Iron ore prices seen dropping 2% next year – AME report (10/12/2001)

... ore prices are likely to drop around 2% next year but the emerging Chinese market remains a bright spot for the industry."Growing demand from China is softening the impact of falling demand from the traditional major Asian markets - Japan, ...

Portman acts to assess processing options for high-phosphorous iron ore (10/12/2001)

... Limited has announced an early-stage initiative to investigate downstream processing options for its high-phosphorous iron ore resources at Koolyanobbing in the production of iron by utilising a large lignite deposit at Salmon Gums, 100km north of ...

Steel makers look for pricing strength in coal and iron ore (7/12/2001)

... market power that international consolidation has given to coal and iron ore miners could be short lived as steel makers take the same path.With two Japanese steel makers already proposing to set up an official buying cartel for coal and iron ...

Another step on a long path (5/12/2001)

... a ratifying bill that will create a new law for the project development.The project involves a new open pit iron ore mine in WA's Pilbara region, processing of ore into a hot briquetted iron and shipping of the HBI through a new port at Cape ...

Western Areas embarks on drilling campaign (28/11/2001)

... faults which intersect the central ultramafic, mafic and banded iron formation units in the area around Portman's iron ore deposits. This area is seen as having significant potential for both nickel sulphides and gold and is effectively untested ...

Coal exports from Darwin? (27/11/2001)

... alternative to the Townville connection.Further south, too, in South Australia, the route passes right through the iron ore and coal deposits which AuIron Energy is developing as part of its project to produce 2.5mtpa of pig iron. A potential ...

Kingstream goes into administration (27/11/2001)

... of a fully integrated 2.6mtpa steel slab plant, 22km north of the City of Geraldton, utilising low cost natural gas and iron ore, and the latest steel making technology provided by world leaders in this field. A huge site has already been cleared ...

Whittle wins Portman contract (26/11/2001)

... company Whittle Technology Limited, has been awarded a contract with mining company Portman Limited.Portman mines iron ore, mostly for export to the Asian market. Whittle Consulting will be using its Multi-Pit Blending and Scheduling ...

Whittle sells to Gemcom (22/11/2001)

... the capacity of the technology to save clients hundreds of millions of dollars, and full scale optimisation of BHP Iron Ore's network of mines in northern WA.Whittle says that during this study, it gained valuable experience in analysing the ...

Pelleting plant to close (22/11/2001)

... weakening demand for iron ore pellets has seen a major North American producer shut an iron ore mine and pelleting plant indefinitely.Northern Michigan's Empire Mine will be closed as a result of the decision of America’s fourth largest steel ...

Package opens up East Pilbara (2/11/2001)

... of the geology and mineralisation, as well as the history of mineral exploration in the East Pilbara.In addition to iron ore, the East Pilbara is also a significant producer of manganese and tantalum. Until recently, the region was also a ...

Tasmanian pipeline gets the nod (2/11/2001)

... Onshore pipelines will take the gas west, past the Comalco aluminium smelter to Port Latta, site of the Savage River iron ore pelletising plant, and south to Hobart.Construction on the project is expected to begin in ...

Mining Hall of Fame inductees (31/10/2001)

... in the development of hydraulic fill as a means of mine support.Lang HancockDiscoverer and promoter of the iron ore deposits in the Pilbara of WAEssington LewisVisionary leader in the Australian iron and steel industry.William ...

Europeans frustrate BHP Billiton second tilt at iron ore miner (31/10/2001)

... Billiton has lost its chance for a second attempt to acquire Brazilian iron ore miner, Caemi, following the European Commission's clearance of Caemi’s acquisition by Brazil’s CVRD, the world's largest iron ore miner, and Japanese trading house, ...

BHP Billiton results for quarter (26/10/2001)

... was due to the write-off of BHP Billiton’s share of the net assets in the Ok Tedi copper project in PNG in June.Iron ore production was in line with both the corresponding period last year and the June 2001 quarter. Increased production was ...

From AirBoss to iron ore (25/10/2001)

... Ltd - the former owner of the AirBoss tyre technology - has entered a joint venture to develop the Guelb el Aouj iron ore deposits in Mauritania with Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere (SNIM).The Guelb el Aouj deposits are located in an ...

New records in Rio Tinto production (24/10/2001)

... Ltd's snapshot of its production in the third quarter of 2001 shows significantly higher production in most areas.Iron ore production was 19% higher in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2000. Hamersley and Robe River both ...

WA takes $1.2b in royalties (19/10/2001)

... a 29% increase in the value of sales to $27,600m.In 2000-01, petroleum sales were up by 39% to $10,600m, iron ore sales were up by 32% to $4,900m, alumina sales were up by 35% to $3,600m, gold sales up by 10% to $3,200m, nickel sales were up ...

BHP Billiton boasts of its ‘trophy assets’ (16/10/2001)

... has trophy assets in almost every sector in which is participates.“The large, low-cost Queensland coal and Pilbara iron ore operations in Australia are complimented by strategic energy coal operations in South Africa and Colombia.“We have ...

Steel industry in crisis, short-term outlook gloomy – AME study (15/10/2001)

... prospects of recovery out to the latter half of 2002."Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) is a metallic product produced from iron ore and used as a feedstock, principally in electric arc furnaces but also in blast furnaces and other iron- and ...

Hismelt project points to Kwinana (8/10/2001)

... for the next step in the development of the Hismelt project, should the board of Rio Tinto Ore approve it.Rio Tinto Iron Ore announced that the Hismelt expansion project had been referred to the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), ...

Rio pellet plant put on hold (28/09/2001)

... picked up by Rio Tinto in its takeover of North Ltd to suspend reconditioning of a pellet plant in Canada.The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) says that work on the plant at Sept-Iles, Quebec, will be suspended until the return of more ...

Miners buy into coal bed methane projects (26/09/2001)

... Gas Co Ltd (QGC) has placed shares with German coal miner, RAG Coal International AG, and Australian iron ore miner, Portman Ltd, to raise a total of $3.842m. Each company gains an interest of 7.4% of Queensland Coal.QGC now brings together ...

Iron ore group Portman to support Skywest rescue package (24/09/2001)

... federal government’s rescue package for Ansett Australia’s regional WA subsidiary, Skywest Airlines, with Perth based iron ore producer Portman Limited committing additional funding support alongside the government package.Portman said ...