SYDNEY (Reuters) – Western Australia’s ports of Dampier and Varanus Island will be closed at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday due to tropical cyclone Zelia, the ports’ operator said.
The Port of Dampier, which mostly ships iron ore from Rio Tinto, and Varanus Island, a gathering and processing hub for oil and gas, have started clearing vessels, Pilbara Ports said in a statement.
The closures come after Pilbara Ports on Wednesday shut Port Hedland, the world’s biggest export point for iron ore and used by BHP Group, Fortescue and billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.
(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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