FMG and BHP Billiton look to boost output

摘要

In separate applications to the West Australian Environmental Protection Authority, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and BHP Billiton have asked to develop new iron ore mines in the Pilbara region, the Australian press has reported.Those operations will replace mines which will run out, but they also contain requests for permission to extract a combined 50 Mt/y extra, more than Hancock Prospect's under-construction Roy Hill mine.