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South Flank | BHP

South Flank | BHP

WEBSouth Flank will be one of the world's largest iron ore operations integrating the latest advances in autonomousready fleets, digital connectivity and modular design. This is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of an industry step change. Your work at South Flank will shape the future of BHP and play a pivotal role in the creation of a ...

BHP's booming iron ore mines slowed at port

BHP's booming iron ore mines slowed at port

WEBJan 19, 2023 · The mismatch between production and exports means BHP has built up more than tonnes of iron ore stockpiles. Bloomberg. BHP's mines set a record in the past six months by digging up ...

Iron ore

Iron ore

WEBMining iron ore is a highvolume, lowmargin business, ... BHP, Rio and Vale control 66% of this market between them. In Australia, iron ore is won from three main sources: ... The second method involves oxidizing the phosphorus during the fining process by adding iron oxide. This technique is usually associated with puddling in the 19th ...

Which technologies will boost mining safety and productivity

Which technologies will boost mining safety and productivity

WEBThe productivity potential for the industry is huge. McKinsey estimate that data analytic and robotic technology improvements could produce US290 billion to US390 billion in annual productivity savings for oil, natural gas, thermal coal, iron ore and copper producers across the globe in 2035. 1. These benefits won't be distributed evenly ...

Brenda celebrates 25 years of service | BHP

Brenda celebrates 25 years of service | BHP

WEBDec 16, 2020 · She has just celebrated the momentous milestone of 25 years of service. Brenda served nine years in the Royal Australian Air Force before joining BHP in 1995. One of her first projects was the deployment of the first multifunction devices (photocopiers) to all WA Iron Ore sites. She also managed the transition of BHP's fleet of analogue ...

Mining Weekly

Mining Weekly

WEBOct 27, 2023 · BHP's iron ore operations in Western Australia state's Pilbara region include four processing hubs and five mines, connected by more than 1 000 km of rail infrastructure and port facilities.

Major Mines Projects | Area C (Mt Goldsworthy) Operation

Major Mines Projects | Area C (Mt Goldsworthy) Operation

WEBMining Area C is loed approximately 90km northwest of Newman. BHP's first MM deposit came into production here in 2003 and the new South Flank mine, immediately to the south, is also developed around a MM resource. The outcrop pattern is dominated by a series of largescale, open, upright folds with wavelengths of the order of 20km.

Operational GHG emissions reductions | BHP

Operational GHG emissions reductions | BHP

WEBThe GHG emissions intensity of our operated assets in CY2022 is estimated to rank in the first quartile (iron ore and nickel) or first half (copper and metallurgical coal) of global mining operations analysed, based on CY2022 data from Skarn Associates and reported BHP data for CY2022 (as Skarn Associates' data is prepared on a calendar year ...

BHP Australia ironore rail workers approve industrial action plans ...

BHP Australia ironore rail workers approve industrial action plans ...

WEBOct 27, 2023 · BHP's iron ore operations in Western Australia state's Pilbara region include four processing hubs and five mines, connected by more than 1 000 km of rail infrastructure and port facilities.

New Power Station for Western Australia Iron Ore | BHP

New Power Station for Western Australia Iron Ore | BHP

WEBBHP Billiton today approved development of its Yarnima Power Station to secure future power supply for its Western Australia Iron Ore mining operations in the Pilbara. BHP Billiton will build, own, and operate the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station, to be loed in Newman, which will deliver 190 megawatts to replace supply from

Mt Whaleback | BHP

Mt Whaleback | BHP

WEBMt Whaleback iron ore mine is a part of an 85:15 joint venture between BHP and Mitsui and ITOCHU. 1968 The mine was opened in 1968. It takes around tonnes of iron ore to produce one tonne of steel. Our iron ore trains are over (264 ore cars) long. At kilometres wide and 5 kilometres long, Mt Whaleback is the single ...

BHP Australia iron ore rail workers approve industrial ...

BHP Australia iron ore rail workers approve industrial ...

WEBOct 27, 2023 · BHP's iron ore operations in Western Australia state's Pilbara region include four processing hubs and five mines, connected by more than 1,000 kms (621 miles) of rail infrastructure and port ...

BHP Billiton Approves Mining Area C Development and Port .

BHP Billiton Approves Mining Area C Development and Port .

WEBThe Mining Area C development has the potential to increase iron ore production by up to 15 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2011. The Port and Capacity Expansion (PACE) will increase BHP Billiton's export capacity from 67mtpa to 81mtpa by 2004 and provide the foundations for expansion to over 90mtpa by 2011, an increase of more than 40 per cent.

Our businesses | BHP

Our businesses | BHP

WEBOur assets are a set of one or more geographically close operations, including opencut and underground mines. We produce essential commodities through our assets, including iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and nickel, and we are moving into potash. Our operated assets are wholly owned and operated by BHP or owned as a joint venture and ...

Rio Tinto, BHP tie up in Australian 'green iron'

Rio Tinto, BHP tie up in Australian 'green iron'

WEBFeb 8, 2024 · The project will incorporate work done since October 2021 between Rio and Blupe on ways to cut emissions during an earlier stage of the iron ore processing process by replacing coal with green ...

Samarco Iron Ore Mine, Alegria, Brazil

Samarco Iron Ore Mine, Alegria, Brazil

WEBMar 22, 2000 · Samarco Mineracão's Alegria iron ore mine, Brazil. Samarco Mineracão's Alegria iron ore mine is in Brazil's Iron Quadrangle, about north of the depleted Germano deposit, within the districts of Mariana and Ouro Preto in the state of Minas Gerais. The process plant pumps concentrate via a slurry pipeline to facilities at Ponta .

South Flank is 84% complete, BHP says

South Flank is 84% complete, BHP says

WEBDec 1, 2020 · Construction of BHP's South Flank iron mine, in Western Australia, is some 84% complete, project manager Simon Thomas said at the Global Iron and Steel Forecast conference. According to the ...

The world's biggest mining companies in 2018

The world's biggest mining companies in 2018

WEBJun 21, 2018 · The iron ore segment was the major contributor to BHP's revenue, which accounted for 38% of total revenue in 2017 versus 34% in 2016. It constitutes four processing hubs and five mines in Western Australia, as well as an open pit mine, three concentrators, four pellet plants and, port facilities in Brazil.

BHP looks to expand iron ore exports from Port Hedland

BHP looks to expand iron ore exports from Port Hedland

WEBApr 28, 2020 · BHP's iron ore exports last financial year totalled 238 million tonnes, around 85 percent of capacity. Forecast shipments this year stand at 273 – 286 million tonnes. "Any increase in our ...

Iluka to spin off BHP iron ore royalty business to new company

Iluka to spin off BHP iron ore royalty business to new company

WEBFeb 20, 2020 · Iluka Resources has announced plans to demerge its royalty business at the BHP operated Mining Area C (MAC) iron ore project in Western Australia following a company review. Iluka holds a royalty over iron ore produced from MAC which is loed in the Pilbara region. The demerger will establish an ASX listed firm RoyaltyCo that will .

BHP commissions South Flank iron ore mine in Australia

BHP commissions South Flank iron ore mine in Australia

WEBMay 20, 2021 · Credit: BHP. BHP has commenced production from the South Flank iron ore mine in the central Pilbara, Western Australia (WA). The South Flank project comprises an 80Mtpa crushing and screening plant, an overland conveyor system, and stockyard and train loading facilities. The project will replace the production from the .

Western Australia Iron Ore Dual Harbour Strategy | BHP

Western Australia Iron Ore Dual Harbour Strategy | BHP

WEBBHP Billiton President Iron Ore, Jimmy Wilson, said: "Over the past 10 years, BHP Billiton has invested approximately US19 billion in growing its WAIO business. What has become apparent through this process is that a number of the existing facilities have, or with minor modifiions will have, the potential to deliver substantially more ...

BHP signs Letter of Intent for AustraliaEast Asia iron ore Green .

BHP signs Letter of Intent for AustraliaEast Asia iron ore Green .

WEB06 April 2022. A consortium, led by the Global Maritime Forum and consisting of BHP, Rio Tinto, Oldendorff Carriers and Star Bulk Carriers Corp., have today signed a letter of intent (LOI) to assess the development of an iron ore Green Corridor between Australia and East Asia. To mobilize demand for green shipping and to scale zero or near ...