Nullagine go-ahead
The Age
Tuesday December 15, 2009
THERE will be a delayed but bigger start to the Nullagine iron ore project of BC Iron and Fortescue in Western Australia's Pilbara.Nullagine will now start out as a 3-million-tonnes-a-year operation from late next year instead of 1.5 million tonnes a year from April.The changes follow Fortescue restarting its Cloudbreak-to-Christmas Creek rail spur, prompting the Nullagine joint venture to bring forward the completion of a private haul road instead of starting out by using public roads. The move to production has been confirmed after results from a test pit exceeded expectations.
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