Billionaire iron ore tycoon Gina Rinehart loses fight to keep secret court proceedings in family dispute over ownership of Roy Hill and Hope Downs iron ore mines.
Baseline field studies completed during the current year include: geomorphology, landscape, hydrogeology; surface and groundwater quality, soils and sediments sampling; biodiversity inventories; hydrology, meteorology, air quality, noise; archaeology and cultural heritage.
The Hong Kong-headquartered EGL Asia and NGGC, the state-owned, leading Chinese diamond grading laboratory, signed an agreement which renews and prolongs the close cooperation between the two institutions.
Iron ore price down more than 7% over two sessions to just above $70 as supply swamps China just as steel consumption falls for the first time in 14 years.