BC Iron Limited announced that a second shipment of ~ 20,000 tonnes of ore from the Nullargine Iron Ore Joint Venture (BC Iron 50%/Fortescue Metals Group Limited 50%) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, departed from Port Hedland on 29 March 2011. Increased tonnages are scheduled for shipment during April and May approaching full cape size vessel shipments of ~ 180,000 tonnes per shipment from June 2011 onwards.
Australian iron ore development company BC Iron announced that mining infrastructure construction has commenced at the Nullagine iron ore joint venture in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.