Australian Premium Iron Joint Venture (APIJV)
APIJV is an unincorporated joint venture between AMCI (IO) Pty Ltd and Aquila Steel Pty Ltd (Aquila). Each company holds a 50% participating interest in APIJV. APIJV was inaugurated in February 2005 with the objective of developing a long-term iron ore export operation located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The APIJV controls a large mining tenement portfolio comprising 8,000 km² focused in the west Pilbara.
The APIJV is managed by API Management Pty Ltd (APIM) based in Perth, Western Australia.