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BHP approves $2.9 billion spend on iron ore project

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - BHP on Thursday approved spending $2.9 billion to develop its Western Australian South Flank iron ore project in the central Pilbara, and said the quality of the mineral would raise the overall grade of its regional output.

The project, which should produce its first ore in 2021, will fully replace production from the 80 million tonnes-per-year Yandi mine, which is reaching the end of its economic life.

In a statement BHP, which has an 85 percent stake in South Flank, said the quality of the ore would take the average grade for the company's Western Australian iron ore to 62 percent from 61 percent.

Fellow Anglo-Australian major miner Rio Tinto (Hanover: CRA1.HA - news) is ramping up a new iron ore mine at Silvergrass, also in the Pilbara, and also high grade.

Mining executives say China is increasingly demanding high quality ore, which commands a premium and limits pollution as less rock needs to be processed, although an analysis of Reuters data shows the country is struggling to obtain it. (Reporting by Barbara Lewis Editing by Alexandra Hudson)