Australia's Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is expecting the first shipment of its 60.1% Fe iron ore product, West Pilbara fines, to be made in December in response to China's growing appetite for higher-grade ore.
The product will have an alumina content of around 2.3-2.5%, around 4.3-4.5% of silica and some 0.08-0.09% of phosphorus. FMG expects to ship 5-10 million tonnes of West Pilbara fines over its 2019 financial year ending June 30. The miner expects to ramp up production of the new product to around 40 million tonnes per year once its Eliwana...