Australia-based miner Flinders Mines has announced that it has received the key environmental approvals for its Pilbara
iron ore project in Western
Australia. Flinders will continue to work on making progress on the remaining approvals pending the finalization of infrastructure access arrangements and the commencement of mine construction activities.
The miner stated that it has already gained
mining lease approvals, based on a current
iron ore resources of 917 million mt.
The company is targeting first
production from the project, which has multiple possible routes to market via the proposed Anketell Point port, Port Hedland or other existing rail-coast operations in the Pilbara, in the second half of 2015.