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FORTESCUE METALS: Enters Into 10-Year Agreement with Hangzhou
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. has signed an agreement with Chinese steel mill Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group for the supply of iron ore from its emerging project in Western Australia, reports the Australian Associated Press.
Hangzhou, in a statement posted on its Web site, said it has signed the 10-year supply agreement with Fortescue on Nov. 16 but did not disclose figures, relates AAP.
The report recounts that Fortescue, which has made similar agreements with China's largest and third largest steel mills -- Baosteel and Tangshan Iron and Steel Group -- is developing its project in the Pilbara region, 260 kilometers southeast of Port Hedland, and expects to ship first ore by mid-May 2008.
Fortescue executive director Graeme Rowley was unavailable for comment, AAP says.
About Fortescue Metals
Headquartered in West Perth, Western Australia, Fortescue Metals Group Limited -- http://fmgl.com.au/ -- is involved in the exploration of iron ore through a project to mine iron ore in the Chichester Ranges, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and exporting it from Port Hedland.
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Fortescue reported a net loss for the past two fiscal years. Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2005, was AU$4.52 million and net loss for the year ended June 30, 2006, was AU$2.15 million.
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