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The Mesa A mine, sometimes also referred to as Waramboo mine, [1] is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 50 km (31 mi) west of Pannawonica. [ 2 ] The mine is owned by Robe River Iron Associates (53% Rio Tinto) and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
The Cloudbreak mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 89 kilometres west-south-west of Nullagine, in the Chichester Range. [1]The mine is fully owned and operated by the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and is one of four iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara, the others being Christmas Creek mine (located 50 kilometres east of Cloudbreak [2]) and ...
Hamersley Range Map of Pilbara. The Pilbara region, as defined by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 and administered for economic development purposes by the Pilbara Development Commission, [4] has an estimated population of 61,688 as of June 2018, [5] [6] and covers an area of 507,896 square kilometres (196,100 sq mi). [7]
The Hope Downs mine is an iron ore mining complex located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It comprises four large open-pit mines (Hope 1 North, Hope 1 South, Hope 4 and Baby Hope). The mines are co-owned by the Hancock Group and Rio Tinto , and the complex was named after Hope Hancock, Gina Rinehart 's mother.
The mine is fully owned and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of seventeen iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2009, the combined Pilbara operations produced 202 million tonnes (450 billion pounds) of iron ore, a 15 percent increase from 2008. [ 4 ]
The Mesa J mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 16 kilometres south-west of Pannawonica. [1]The mine is owned by Robe River Iron Associates (53% Rio Tinto) and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
The Roy Hill mine is an iron ore mine in the Chichester Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, located 115 kilometres (71 mi) north of Newman and 277 kilometres (172 mi) south of Port Hedland.
The other FMG mining hubs in the Pilbara are the Solomon Hub [3] 60 km north of Tom Price and 120 km to the west of the Chichester Hub, [4] and the Western Hub, [5] which includes the Eliwana operation. Fortescue is the third-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and BHP. [6]