News

10 Jan 2019

CITIC Pacific Mining’s (CPM) Community Fundraising Program has seen more than $53,000 handed over to the Heart Foundation, thanks to a year-long campaign at Sino Iron 

30 Nov 2018

An invasive marine pest monitoring program supported by CPM has recently received one of the top acknowledgements at the annual Golden Gecko Environment Awards.

19 Nov 2018

The first wave of CITIC Pacific Mining employees to achieve a decade’s service at Sino Iron have joined CEO Chen Zeng at events in Karratha and Perth, to celebrate their role in creating a new iron ore downstream processing industry for Western Australia.

19 Oct 2018

CITIC Limited and its subsidiaries Sino Iron Pty Ltd and Korean Steel Pty Ltd have commenced legal proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against Mineralogy Pty Ltd and Clive Frederick Palmer to compel the approval and submission of proposals critical to the operation of the Sino Iron magnetite project, south of Karratha.

25 Jul 2018

Pilbara resident Jessica Wilson was announced winner of the CPM-sponsored Young Emerging Artist category in the Pilbara’s iconic Cossack Art Awards.

25 Jun 2018

The Karratha Community House Ready Set School program has received a welcome donation of $1,500 from CPM to support their purchase of play equipment.

30 May 2018

Top Australian golf players will head to Karratha next month for the Ladbrokes PGA Pro-Am Series.

08 Mar 2018

Sino Iron recently hosted a group of female students from Karratha Senior High School and St Luke’s College, to hear from women at CPM, on what it’s like to work in the mining industry.

31 Jan 2018

CITIC Limited, parent company of the developer/operator of the Sino Iron magnetite project, has appealed Justice Kenneth Martin’s decision in the WA Supreme Court in the Royalty Component B proceeding (CIV 1808 of 2013), brought by Clive Palmer-controlled Mineralogy Pty Ltd.

14 Dec 2017

Australia’s largest magnetite mine will spend approximately $51 billion in procurement of WA goods and services in the coming years, according to new analysis from economic consulting firm Deloitte Access Economics..

17 Oct 2017

About a hundred family members and friends of CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) staff were reunited with their loved ones at site recently, for a jam-packed tour of facilities.

22 Aug 2017

Local Pilbara artist Tessa Laing took out the CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) sponsored Emerging Artist category, for her piece called Pelago, at the recent Cossack Art Awards.

15 Jul 2017

The Cape Preston (Sino Iron) Aerodrome was officially opened today by Minister for Mines and Petroleum, the Hon Bill Johnston MLA and CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) CPM Chairman, Mr Zhang Jijing.

27 May 2016

CITIC Pacific Mining has commenced commissioning the last two of six concentrator lines at the Sino Iron Project.

12 Apr 2016

Sino Iron developer and operator CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) recently partnered with the Pilbara Multicultural Association, to sponsor ‘Harmony Month’ festivities in Karratha.

04 Dec 2015

More than $110,000 will be donated to leading community mental health group beyondblue, following a successful month-long fundraising initiative by CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) staff and contractors at the Sino Iron project.

13 Nov 2015

Local universities are partnering with CITIC Pacific Mining to explore ways of extending the life of infrastructure at the ground-breaking Sino Iron project, south of Karratha.

14 Oct 2015

CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) is taking Mental Health Week to the next level with Beyond November - a month-long initiative aimed at promoting positive mental health among workers at the Sino Iron project, south of Karratha, and raising money for a leading community mental health group.

04 Aug 2015

Now in its sixth-year, CITIC Pacific Mining's partnership with the Clontarf Foundation is continuing to provide opportunities for Aboriginal boys from the Pilbra to expand their knowledge, confidence and employment prospects. 

31 Mar 2015

The WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum Bill Marmion and the Director General of the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum, Richard Sellers, were recently guests of CITIC Pacific Mining CEO Chen Zeng as they attended a tour of the Sino Iron project.