CYCLONES – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Cyclone hits Pilbara iron ore mines

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 10-Feb-20

Tropical Cyclone Damien has been downgraded to category 1 status after crossing the coast of Western Australia. Iron ore mines in the Pilbara are bracing for heavy rain, with the airport that services Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon mining hub having received more than 200 millimetres of rain in just 24 hours. Rio Tinto’s iron ore ports at Dampier remained closed on 9 February, although Port Hedland reopened on the previous day.

CORPORATES
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP

End-year cyclone threat for miners, LNG producers

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 19-Dec-16

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that there is the potential for a tropical cyclone to hit Western Australia’s north-west coast prior to Christmas. The bureau has advised iron ore and LNG producers to be alert for a possible cyclone, but stresses that it is too soon to predict whether this will occur. Cyclone Stan disrupted the Pilbara’s iron ore exports in January.

CORPORATES
AUSTRALIA. BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, ROBE RIVER IRON ASSOCIATES, MITSUI AND COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION

Woodside shuts Pluto as rig comes adrift

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 17-Mar-15

Woodside Petroleum has stopped production at its Pluto LNG field in Western Australia. On 16 March 2015, a cyclone caused a drilling rig to be torn from its moorings. As the rig drifted 5.5 km towards the Pluto field, a shutdown was ordered to protect the plant from damage. It could take up to 30 days to repair the rig

CORPORATES
WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, CHEVRON CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL OFFSHORE PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY