Tag «Western Australia»

Iron Ore Briefing and Western Australia Iron Ore Site Tour

BHP Billiton President Iron Ore, Jimmy Wilson, today announced plans to cut unit costs at Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) by at least 25 per cent and the potential to increase capacity there by 65 million tonnes per year at a very low capital cost. Mr Wilson outlined BHP Billiton’s view of the long-term supply …

Rio Tinto hosts two prime ministers at its Pilbara operations in Western Australia

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott highlighted the strong relationship between the two nations during a visit to Rio Tinto’s world-class iron ore operations in Western Australia. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh and Iron Ore chief executive Andrew Harding hosted the prime ministerial delegation, showcasing the operations and employees …

BHP Billiton Ships One Billion Tonnes of Iron Ore to Japan

BHP Billiton today celebrated the shipment of its one billionth tonne of iron ore to Japan with customers, joint venture participants and employees in Port Hedland, Western Australia. BHP Billiton President Iron Ore Jimmy Wilson and BHP Billiton President HSE, Marketing and Technology Mike Henry were joined by joint venture participants ITOCHU Corporation (ITOCHU) and …

SSAB strengthens its presence in Australia

SSAB has signed an agreement to acquire 51% of the shares of G&G Mining Fabrication Pty Ltd in Perth, Western Australia. The company specializes in the refurbishment, manufacture and design of large fabrications for heavy earth moving equipment, with focus on backhoe, loader and face shovel buckets and service modules for the West Australian mining …

IDC infographic: The Internet of Things – A Day in the Life of a Mining Engineer in Western Australia

  Rather than solely focusing on the impact on one specific IoT area (e.g connected intelligent city(iCity), connected iFactory), IDC has decided to look at how IoT will impact the individuals as they go through their daily lives. This multi-dimensional perspective also creates an understanding on how an individual’s daily activities and interactions impact multiple …

Rio Tinto loads first ship from its 290 Mt/a expansion programme

Rio Tinto has achieved the significant milestone of loading the first shipment of iron ore from its expanded port, rail and mine operations in Australia. This marks the commencement of commissioning of the expansion programme, which will see overall capacity for Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in Western Australia increase to 290 million tonnes a …