Atlas Iron Limited announced an agreement to expand capacity at its Wodgina iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara by 75 per cent to 7Mtpa, putting the Company on track to grow its total production rate to 12Mtpa by December 2012.
Atlas Iron reported that the first ore from its two Australian North Pilbara iron ore mines, Wodgina and Pardoo, is now being loaded on to the “Bergen Max” at the new Utah Port.
Atlas announced additional exploration success at the recently discovered Hercules deposit, adjacent to existing mining operations at the Wodgina project, 100 kilometres south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Better results include 24 metres at 60.4% Fe from 36 metres in hole WDRC1507.
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