Todd to go mining in WA at last – but at smaller scale

Todd's new plans for its Pilbara mining project involve trucking iron ore to ports hundreds of kilometres away. (Image: Getty)

Pattrick Smellie

Tue, 06 Sep 2022

Todd Corp’s plans for a multi-billion dollar iron ore mine in the outback of Western Australia are being dramatically scaled down, with plans to build both a port and a 160 kilometre railway to the minehead shelved this week.Todd, the vehicle for investments owned by New Zealand’s wealthiest family, is the majority shareholder in the two companies involved the Pilbara Iron Ore Project (PIOP): ASX-listed Flinders Mines (FMS), which owns the tenement; and privately owned BBIG, which would develop the mine.Listed in 2002, the FMS...

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