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IRON ORE (FMG CHICHESTER PTY LTD) AGREEMENT BILL 2006Iron Ore Agreement • March 4th, 2009
The purpose of the Iron Ore (FMG Chichester Pty Ltd) Agreement Bill 2006 is to ratify and authorise the implementation of an agreement - which is schedule 1 of the bill - between the state, FMG Chichester Pty Ltd and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. The Iron Ore (FMG Chichester Pty Ltd) Agreement - which I will refer to as the mining agreement - is the second of two agreements that the government has made with Fortescue for the development of the Pilbara iron ore and infrastructure project. Fortescue’s proposed Pilbara iron ore and infrastructure project comprises the following infrastructure and mining elements: an open access port facility at Port Hedland; an open access railway approximately 255 kilometres in length that will connect the port to mining operations; and mining operations, which are expected to commence at Cloud Break and Christmas Creek, in the Chichester Range approximately 120 kilometres north west of Newman. It is proposed to initially transport 45 million tonnes per an
