Polaris Metals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Esperance Port Authority that will allow the company to identify the requirements (operating and capital costs) for exporting ore from the Yilgarn Iron Ore Project (YIOP) through the berth at Esperance.
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.
An Australian technology is helping ports and ships’ captains choose the best departure times and cargo capacity for heavily laden carriers. Jamie Wade writes.
As the Top End terminus of the AustralAsian Rail link, the Port of Darwin has, in the past twelve months, seen an impressive number of new developments and trading ‘firsts’. Claire Bell writes for Australian Mining.
The rolling of Fortescue Metal Group’s first train load of iron out of the Pilbara and its automated unloading in the now commissioning new port, named the Fortescue Herb Elliot Port, has made Pilbara and Australian resources industry history.
FOUR mining companies have formed the Port Bonython Bulk Users Group to advance the development of a common user export facility at Port Bonython in the northern end of South Australia’s Spencer Gulf.
HEAVY swells caused by cyclone Nicholas off the WA coast have forced Yilgarn Infrastructure to suspend its drilling programme at Oakajee Port.
IRONCLAD Mining Limited is conducting preliminary studies into export options for iron products from the proposed Wilcherry Hill Iron Ore Project on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia.
A SIGNIFICANT milestone in the Dampier Port upgrade was achieved this July when four ships were simultaneously berthed at Parker Point.
The latest model from Areva’s I400 range of digital transducers, the iSTAT I4E Communicating Multifunction Energy Transducer, provides accurate energy and system information about electrical networks.