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Who owns Fortescue Mining?

Who owns Fortescue Mining?

Andrew Forrest AO
Andrew Forrest AO As Fortescue’s Founder and Chairman, he has led the Company from inception to its Top 10 status on the Australian Stock Exchange, during which time Fortescue invested more than US$27 billion in the resources sector.

How many people work at Cloudbreak?

2000 people
About 2000 people work at Cloudbreak at any one time, with many of those present during the man’s stay at the mine.

Who owns Cloudbreak mine?

the Fortescue Metals Group
The mine is fully owned and operated by the Fortescue Metals Group, FMG, and is one of four iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara, the others being Christmas Creek mine (located 50 kilometres east of Cloudbreak) and the Kings Mine and Firetail Mine at the Solomon Project.

Who owns Solomon mine?

Fortescue Metals Group
The Solomon Hub open-cut iron ore mine is located around 60km north of Tom Price in Western Australia. The mine is fully owned by Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group.

Who is the CEO of FMG?

Elizabeth Gaines
Elizabeth Gaines is an Australian businessperson who serves as chief executive officer (CEO) of iron ore company Fortescue Metals Group….

Elizabeth Gaines
Nationality Australian
Alma mater Curtin University, Macquarie University
Title CEO of Fortescue Metals Group

Does Twiggy Forrest have a PHD?

In 2019 Forrest was awarded a Ph. D. in Marine Science from the University of Western Australia.

How big is cloudbreak?

Cloudbreak is a left reef break with waves that can be when they are as small as 2 feet, or as large as 20 feet. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security as the waves get smaller. When this happens, they also get faster and more shallow as you barrel down on a live coral reef.

Where is Christmas Creek mine site?

Western Australia
The Christmas Creek mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 61 kilometres south-south-west of Nullagine, in the Chichester Range.

How old is cloudbreak?

Cloud Break mine geology “Cloud Break is one of the three iron ore mines operated by Fortescue in Pilbara.” The deposit lies within the Hamersley Basin, an area characterised by granitoid rocks of the Pilbara Craton, which is 2800 – 3500 million years old.

Where are FMG mines?

Mining projects. The group has two main areas of operation located within the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the Chichester Hub and Solomon Hub.

What is Fortescue?

Fortescue provides iron ore to the Australian and Chinese markets and with shipping offices located in China and Singapore is expanding into Japan and South Korea. Fortescue Metals Group retains exploration rights for iron ore deposits in South Australia, New South Wales, and Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina.

How many ships does FMG?

Shipping fleet As of June 2018 Fortescue has an operating fleet of seven ore carriers with an eighth currently in construction.