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Jimblebar clear for expansion

BHP has been cleared to expand the Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara after the Environmental Protection Agency granted conditional approval to the miner’s proposal.

 Jimblebar ready to boom

Jimblebar ready to boom

BHP won approval in 2005 to extend Jimblebar, formerly known as Wheelarra Hill mine, with existing approvals falling under four separate ministerial statements. Those ministerial statements will be...

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