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Ports are Pilbara’s other treasure

Baosteel and Aurizon’s strategic play to wrest control of the next big greenfields Pilbara port project took the market by surprise this week, and has left many asking why now?

Amanda Saunders

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It was only natural that Baosteel and Aurizon ’s $1.42 billion strategic play to wrest control of the next big greenfields Pilbara port project through a joint bid for Aquila Resources took the market by surprise this week.

With the iron ore price on the slide amid concerns of oversupply, many investors and rivals were left ­asking why the stalled $7.4 billion West Pilbara Iron Ore project was suddenly of interest.

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