The rumour mill has been working overtime with whispers that Rio Tinto is being encouraged to merge its Pilbara operations with mining giant BHP Billiton to help reduce high debt levels.
BHP Billiton has slashed output at one of its pellet operations in Brazil due to weakened market conditions, which may soon effect the company's Australian operations, a BHP Billiton spokesperson has told MINING DAILY.
BHP Billiton has received deferral requests for shipments of iron ore from some of its clients, spokesperson Peter Ogden has told MINING DAILY.
BHP Billiton spokesperson Emma Meade has told Australian Mining that operations at Yandi remain suspended following a fatal collision between a light vehicle and a haul truck at the mine site.
BHP Billiton has announced that a collision between a light vehicle and haul truck at the company’s Yandi mine site recently has resulted in the death of a HWE Mining employee.
Macmahon Holdings Limited and its subsidiary MVM Rail Pty Ltd (MVM Rail) have been awarded approximately $42 million of contracts to provide seven kilometres of rail track servicing BHP Billiton Iron Ore rail operations in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.
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.
WA Premier Alan Carpenter has welcomed Australia’s largest indigenous contract between BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Ngarda Civil and Mining.
A NEW Management Reporting System is on its way to BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
APPROVAL of the new conditions for BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s Port Operations under Section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act is in the final stage in a review process to pave the way for proposed new dust targets.