23rd Apr 2014 06:37
MELBOURNE (Alliance News) - BHP Billiton Ltd announced Wednesday that it officially opened its new Jimblebar iron ore mine 40 kilometres east of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
BHP Billiton President Iron Ore Jimmy Wilson, was joined by the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon. Colin Barnett, and joint venture participants ITOCHU Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd to open the USD3.2 billion (BHP Billiton share) Jimblebar mine.
The company stated that Jimblebar delivered first production in the quarter ending September 2013 and is expected to deliver phase one capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by the end of the 2015 financial year. The company said , together with the installation of four mobile crushers, that will increase total Western Australia Iron Ore or WAIO supply chain capacity to in excess of 220 mtpa (100% basis).
Longer term, a low cost option to expand Jimblebar to 55 mtpa and the broader debottlenecking of the supply chain is expected to underpin capital efficient growth in WAIO capacity to approximately 260 mtpa to 270 mtpa (100% basis).
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