SYDNEY, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Western Australia’s ports of Dampier and Varanus Island reopened, the ports’ operator said, after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state’s Pilbara iron ore region on Friday. Pilbara Ports said on…
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Por Paul-Alain Hunt 17 de enero de 2025 (Bloomberg): el más grande de Australia centro de exportación de mineral de hierro Port Hedland ha sido cerrado debido a que un ciclón tropical se desarrolla frente a la costa de la región de Pilbara en el estado de Australia Occidental. El operador, la...
By Paul-Alain Hunt Jan 17, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Australia’s largest iron ore export hub Port Hedland has been closed as a tropical cyclone develops offshore the Pilbara region of Western Australia state….
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY, April 13 (Reuters) – Australia’s northwest region, home to the world’s largest iron ore export hub, braced on Thursday for the area’s most powerful tropical cyclone in a decade, as…
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Australian miner BHP has suspended all operations at Western Australia’s Pilbara region after a worker was fatally injured at BHP’s rail yard in Port Hedland. BHP’s Western Australia Iron Ore…
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April 16 (Reuters) – Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd on Tuesday reported a 14 percent drop in quarterly iron ore shipments and cut its 2019 shipments estimate on disruption caused by a tropical cyclone that hit its export terminal in Western Australia last month. Rio, the world’s No. 2 miner...
By Krystal Chia (Bloomberg) — With a market facing a global deficit that was unforeseen at the start of the year, the world’s biggest iron ore export port is flagging a timely boost in shipments as Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. and rivals bring on new mines in Australia’s remote Pilbara region. The...
MELBOURNE, March 21 (Reuters) – The operator of Australia’s key iron ore exporting ports said it was clearing ships from the sites as a severe tropical cyclone heads towards the northwestern coast, while miners were also bracing for a separate cyclone in the northeast. The northwestern ports of...
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Mining giant BHP Billiton expects some interruption to its Australian iron ore exports after a nearly 3-km-long train loaded with the commodity was forcibly derailed this week after running away en route to a key shipping hub. BHP said in a statement...