Fortescue Metals Group has commissioned a second ship loading berth at its Herb Elliott Port at Port Hedland that will increase capacity to 55 million tonnes per annum (Mta).
The northern half of Australia and remote mining communities of the Pilbara are fundamentally underdeveloped. Daniel Hall writes
Fortescue Metals Group has opened the first of 250 environmentally friendly houses being built in Port and South Hedland.
BHP Billiton has suspended its key iron ore rail and port operations at the Western Australian mining town of Port Hedland after a worker was killed there on Tuesday.
THE Western Australian Government has announced the sale of the first six of 187 homes to be sold under the South Hedland New Living project.
A LAND release in South Hedland will provide a much-needed boost for housing in the region and re-vitalise the North-West town, according to the WA Government.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore has recently announced a further investment of $190 million to provide more high-quality employee housing in Newman and Port Hedland.
THE Western Australian Planning Commission has appointed two senior strategic planners – Jim and Wanda Kaucz – based in Karratha to help accelerate approvals processes for residential, commercial and industrial development in the Pilbara.
FIRST homebuyers and families were the winners in the latest release of residential lots in South Hedland. Seven sites, which could provide 31 new homes, were made available through the State Government’s South Hedland New Living Project.
CONSTRUCTION of the initial 100 homes for Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has come to fruition with the signing of a Heads of Agreement with HFN Housing Group (HFN) to build high quality residential homes in South Hedland.