Tag: metallurgical coal

BHP is maintaining its production guidance for its WA iron ore operations at between 273mt-286mt on a 100pc basis for the June 2020-ended financial year. In the first half of the 2020 financial year, BHP produced 137mt of iron ore from its WA operations on a 100pc basis, 2pc higher year on year, after the completion of a major rail car dumper maintenance program in October. Iron ore production volumes at its WA mines in the July-December 2018 half year were affected by a train derailment. Copper production for BHP rose 7pc in the first half-year period to 885,000t on strong concentrator throughput at its Escondida mine in Chile, and higher production from its Olympic Dam mine in Australia. Company…

South32 reported record production from its manganese operations in the September quarter. Image: South32. BY AMY BLOM SOUTH32 has more than tripled metallurgical coal production in the first quarter of FY19 compared to the first quarter of FY18, according to its September quarter report. Production at Illawarra rose to 1.5 million tonnes (mt) in the Q1 up from 494,000 tonnes in the previous year. Despite the jump, South32 believed a significant increase in development rates was still required to sustain the operation of two longwalls in parallel at the Appin colliery from H2 FY20. South32’s Australia Manganese division also achieved a record quarterly performance of 932,000 tonnes and an 8 per cent increase quarter-on-quarter in total manganese ore production as…