Original article by Nick Evans
The Australian – Page: 20 : 18-Jul-19

BHP has forecast that its Pilbara iron ore exports for 2019-20 will be within the range of 273 to 286 million tonnes, despite its scheduled maintenance work at Port Hedland. BHP’s Pilbara shipments totalled 71.1 million tonnes in the final quarter of 2018-19, and 270.5 million tonnes for the full year. BHP has also advised that its 2018-19 production costs were in line with previous forecasts of less than $US15 per tonne. Rio Tinto recently indicated that its iron ore production costs for 2019 will be between $US14 and $US15 per tonne.

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