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Article: Australia : BHP Billiton opens iron-ore mining hub, to increase Western Australia installed capacity.
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- November 5, 2009
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Byline: manish03
Diversified giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday officially opened the Newman Mining Hub at its Western Australia iron-ore operations.
The hub would be the centre of the Western Australia iron-ore operations mining, crushing and screening activities in the Eastern Pilbara region. It was the key component of the company s Rapid Growth Project 4 (RGP4), which would increase installed capacity across BHP Billiton s Western Australia iron-ore operations to 155-million tons a year, the miner said in a statement.
The additional capacity associated with RGP4 would be ramped up during 2010.
The Western Australian Minister for Mines ...