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BHP gets boom shy

WHILE it is building the single largest iron ore mine in its history, BHP is hoping to avoid the broader cost impacts that might come with such an investment.

BHP South Flank project director Simon Thomas is trying to avoid the cost impacts of such a large investment.

BHP South Flank project director Simon Thomas is trying to avoid the cost impacts of such a large investment.

With eventual capacity of 80 million tonnes per annum, the US$3.6 billion South Flank project is the largest iron ore and processing facility built in the Pilbara in more than 50 years of mining. South...

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