2020-6-1 Rio Tinto is one of the world's largest mining companies and has vast operations in Australia. Its iron ore mines make up more than half of its revenue. The demolition went ahead on May 24 despite...
Read More2018-12-31 The Pilbara Iron Ore Project is located in the Pilbara region, approximately 60 km northwest of the town of Tom Price. Red Hill: Exploration activities at the Red Hill Iron Ore Joint Venture Project between Red Hill Iron Ltd and API Management Pty Ltd have been put on hold until the current improvement in iron ore prices becomes stable 41 .
Read More2021-6-18 A new iron ore mine is set to emerge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia after junior miner Strike Resources completed a feasibility study (FS) for the Paulsens East project. The project is envisioned to produce six million tonnes of iron ore over an initial four-year mine
Read More2021-2-9 The report estimated that the average remaining resource life for major Pilbara producers at 65 years, with Australia boasting an estimated 70 billion tonnes of JORC compliant iron ore resources remaining. “Australia is truly in a unique position on iron
Read More2020-12-2 Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) is an integrated system of four processing hubs and five mines connected by more than 1,000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. WAIO’s Pilbara
Read More2021-6-3 Magnetite mining is an emerging industry in Australia with large deposits being developed in the Pilbara and mid-West regions of Western Australia, and in South Australia. High-grade hematite ore is referred to as direct shipping ore (DSO) because
Read More2021-6-1 The deal ends Aurizon’s unsuccessful push into Australia’s Pilbara iron ore heartland, which cost $210 million in initial investments in 2014 plus further spending in subsequent years on evaluating...
Read More2021-6-2 The Pilbara Ports Authority flagged a 25 per cent increase to tonnage fees at Port Hedland on Tuesday, Western Australia’s largest iron ore port, which serves iron ore giants Fortescue, BHP and Roy Hill. The fee increase will pull another $195 million
Read More19 May 2021. Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt has visited a major iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region today and thanked the industry for supporting Australia’s economy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pilbara is the world’s most significant iron ore region.
Read More2021-6-18 Minister Pitt said global iron ore prices have hit new highs in 2021 well above US$200 a tonne in recent weeks, surpassing the previous record of a decade ago and providing a welcome boost to Australia’s economy as the world recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Iron Ore price hits record high. Mining
Read More2020-6-1 Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologized after blowing up a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site with dynamite to expand an Australian iron ore mine.
Read MoreInitial Mine Life : The Wonmunna iron ore project is an open-pit, direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) project by Minerals Resources Limited (MRL) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. MRL acquired the project from the Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation (AAMC) in September 2020. It was previously owned by Ascot Resources, which had bought ...
Read MoreRoy Hill iron ore project is an open-pit mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and is the largest single ore mine in the country. The mine is owned and developed by Roy Hill Holdings, which is jointly owned by Hancock (70%), Marubeni (15%), POSCO (12.5%), and China Steel Corporation (2.5%). It was developed with an estimated ...
Read More2021-5-24 Our Iron Valley site, located within the Pilbara, is currently our largest iron ore producing mine, outputting approximately 8 Million tonnes of iron ore per annum. Product from this mine is transported to Utah Point for export to our global markets. In 2018, we acquired the Kumina Iron Ore
Read More2020-8-18 Marandoo iron ore mine is situated 35km east of Tom Price in the province of Pilbara, in Western Australia. It is 100% owned and operated by Hamersley Iron, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Located adjacent to the Karijini National Park, the Marandoo mine is one of the 12 mines operated by Rio Tinto in the Pilbara
Read More2018-12-31 In 2018, Australia's EDR of iron ore increased by 3% from 2017 to 49 604 Mt (Table 3). Similarly, there was a 4% EDR increase of contained iron to 24 122 Mt (Table 4). EDR attributable to magnetite deposits have decreased by 1%, likely due to re-assessment of projects and inactivity in the magnetite industry.
Read More2021-6-1 The deal ends Aurizon’s unsuccessful push into Australia’s Pilbara iron ore heartland, which cost $210 million in initial investments in 2014 plus further spending in subsequent years on ...
Read MoreEliwana iron ore and rail project is located near the port of Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is developing the project with an investment of $1.27bn. Eliwana project is estimated to have an annual production rate of 170 million tons (Mt) through its anticipated mine life of 20 years.
Read More2021-6-18 Minister Pitt said global iron ore prices have hit new highs in 2021 well above US$200 a tonne in recent weeks, surpassing the previous record of a decade ago and providing a welcome boost to Australia’s economy as the world recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Iron Ore price hits record high. Mining
Read More2020-6-1 Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologized after blowing up a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site with dynamite to expand an Australian iron ore mine.
Read MoreIron ore is Australia’s single largest commodity export and is forecast to earn Australia around A$700 billion over the six years to 2025-26. Iron ore supports 45,600 direct Australian jobs and is a major employer of Indigenous Australians. In Western Australia, iron ore royalties alone topped $5 billion in the six months to 31 December 2020.
Read More2021-5-24 Our Iron Valley site, located within the Pilbara, is currently our largest iron ore producing mine, outputting approximately 8 Million tonnes of iron ore per annum. Product from this mine is transported to Utah Point for export to our global markets. In 2018, we acquired the Kumina Iron Ore
Read More2018-10-24 Case study: Iron Ore Operation, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Challenge: Cut-off grade mapping. Solution: OreSense LV. Background: The mine is an iron ore mine, with the ore-waste boundary unable to be mapped visually.
Read MoreEliwana iron ore and rail project is located near the port of Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is developing the project with an investment of $1.27bn. Eliwana project is estimated to have an annual production rate of 170 million tons (Mt) through its anticipated mine life of 20 years.
Read More2016-2-19 A potted history of the Pilbara. 1899-Townsite of Nullagine gazetted1909-Townsite of Point Samson gazettedJuly 1911-Railway connecting Port Hedland with Marble Bar opened1937-Asbestos mined at Yampire Gorge, near Wittenoom1938-Geological adviser W.G. Woolnough reported to government Australia would run out of iron ore
Read More2021-6-3 The iron-ore bearing rock is first blasted and dug up from open pit mines. The ores from the major mines in Western Australia's Pilbara region are hauled from working faces to crushing and screening plants using trucks that can carry over 300 tonnes. There are three major Pilbara iron ore producers: BHP Billiton Ltd (BHP), Rio Tinto Ltd (Rio ...
Read More2015-12-8 Aqua farms growing super foods could soon materialise in the rust-red dust of the Australian outback, alongside wheat fields, haystacks and cattle herds, as tumbling iron prices drive the minerals ...
Read More2021-6-1 The Hamersley Basin mining area lies in the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia, 1,100km north of Perth. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hamersley Iron Pty, Rio Tinto operates five major producing mines in this area: Mount
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