Mining major BHP Billiton has lodged a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of its central Pilbara iron-ore assets, giving an overview of the regional environmental footprint of the company’s current and potential iron-ore operations.
BHP’s Western Australian iron-ore asset president Edgar Basto said over the weekend that the SEA provided greater visibility of BHP’s potential environmental footprint over the next 50 to 100 years, improving the company’s ability, as well as the those of government and other industry, to plan for future operations.
