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The capsule was being transported 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) from Rio Tinto's Gudai-Darri iron ore mine near Newman to a depot in the Perth suburb of Malaga. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services announced to the public on 27 January that the capsule had gone missing, and that the capsule was potentially deadly and could cause burns and ...
In 2009, the mine employed 989 people, an increase in comparison to 2008, when it only employed 867. [11] West Angelas is the site of Rio Tinto's "Mine of the future" project. The mine operates automated trucks, automated rockbreakers, automated drills and blasts, which are controlled from a Perth operations centre rather than local operators ...
Aboriginal mining companies have been able to secure contracts with the big international mining companies. In 2007, BHP Billiton awarded a A$300 million contract to Ngarda Civil and Mining, an Aboriginal-owned company, to manage the Yarrie mine, the largest ever mining contract awarded to an Aboriginal company.
The mine, alongside the rail, is within a narrow corridor that splits Karijini National Park into a northern and a southern half. [2] The Hamersley Range , where the mine is located, contains 80 percent of all identified iron ore reserves in Australia and is one of the world's major iron ore provinces.
The mine itself began operations in 2006, during a time when Rio Tinto increased the production output of its mines in the Pilbara due to increased demands. [8] The mine has an annual production capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations. The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail. [9]
Mining of iron ore was resumed at Koolyanobbing from 1993 by Portman Mining, the operation then being taken over by Cliffs Natural Resources in 2008. [4] In July 2018, Cliffs subsidiary Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore sold the operation to Western Australian company Mineral Resources , and a short break in production occurred until November 2018 ...
The area is also within the range of iron ore mine operations, consisting of the Christmas Creek, Cloudbreak and Gudai-Darri mine. [2] [3] [full citation needed] [4] [full citation needed] [5] [6] The area is also regularly visited and issues assessed due to the sensitivity of the area and its geomorphology. [7] [8] [9]
English: A yarning circle at the Gudai-Darri mine camp in the Pilbara, Western Australia. the dual-language signs are in English and Banjima, the language of the local Aboriginal people. Date Taken on 12 January 2024, 11:09:09