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Pilbara's ports surge ahead

THE iron ore spot price may have plummeted to a five-year low but the effects of lower commodity prices have had little impact on either exports or expansion plans at ports in the Pilbara. <b>Alison Middleton</b> visited Port Hedland.

Alison Middleton
Pilbara's ports surge ahead

While analysts may have forecast that supply will continue to outstrip demand for the next two years, those Pilbara ports were grid-locked even as the iron ore spot price dropped a further 1.1% to $US77.70...

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