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BHP cuts ribbon at Jimblebar

BHP cuts ribbon at Jimblebar

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23rd April 2014

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining major BHP Billiton on Wednesday officially opened its Jimblebar iron-ore mine, in the Pilbara.

The mine produced its first ore in the September quarter, and was expected to deliver its Phase 1 capacity of 35-million tonnes a year by the end of 2015, increasing BHP’s Pilbara capacity to 220-million tonnes a year.

BHP iron-ore president Jimmy Wilson said on Wednesday that extensive planning and research went into designing the mine, with productivity measures and technology central to the design plan.

“Our pursuit of productivity gains and operational excellence is delivering significant value at Western Australia Iron Ore. The business is now well positioned to deliver high margin volume growth at a substantially lower cost.”

Wilson pointed out that in the longer-term, BHP was evaluating a low-cost option to expand the Jimblebar mine to 55-million tonnes a year, while the broader debottlenecking of the supply chain was expected to underpin a capital efficient growth in capacity to between 260-million tonnes and 270-million tonnes a year.

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