The Western Australian Supreme Court has ordered the Pilbara Ports Authority to hand over a year's worth of internal documents to Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN), marking a turn in a legal battle over millions of dollars in contested shipping levies.
The dispute centres on "Channel Charges" at the Port of Ashburton, where the PPA is seeking to recover approximately $17 million in unpaid dues from the Chris Ellison-led miner.
On Feb. 27, Justice Jenni Hill ruled that the PPA must produce all correspondence and internal records from January to December 2024 that illustrate how the authority determined the specific fees.
MinRes, which has rapidly scaled its Onslow Iron operation to a capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum, argues it is not liable for these invoices.