Australian
iron ore producer
BC Iron Limited has announced that in the financial year 2012-13 ended June 30 it has reached a record
iron ore output of 5,003,005 wet metric tons from its Nullagine
iron ore joint venture in the Pilbara region of Western
Australia, achieving its 5 million mt guidance. To date, the shipments from the joint venture project have amounted to 8.8 million mt and the miner expects to exceed 10 million mt during the first quarter of the financial year 2013-14.
According to
BC Iron, the Nullagine
iron ore joint venture is expected to produce 5.8 to 6.2 million mt of direct shipping ore during the financial year 2013-14.