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BHP quietly scrapped plan to build Pilbara plant that would have drastically cut emissions

The Guardian World Monday 25 May 2026, 10:30 UTC By Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton 1 min read
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BHP has quietly abandoned plans to construct a beneficiation plant near its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara. This facility was intended to process iron ore to a higher quality, which would have significantly reduced emissions. Despite being internally rated as having "excellent social value" and aligning with climate targets, the project was scrapped.

Exclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressure to curb pollution

BHP quietly dumped plans for an iron ore processing facility that would have cut emissions drastically, despite internally rating it as having “excellent social value” and being “well-aligned” to its shareholder-endorsed climate plan and decarbonisation targets.

In 2025 the mining giant was well advanced in its plans to build a beneficiation plant near its Jimblebar open-cut mine in the Pilbara, which would greatly improve the purity and quality of its iron ore.

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