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Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the 2018–19 financial year, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resource production, with a value of A$78.2 billion. The overall value of the minerals and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018–19, a 26 percent increase on the previous financial year.
Production of iron ore in Western Australia in 2018–19 was 794 million tonnes (1.8 trillion pounds), down on the previous year's 839 million tonnes (1.8 trillion pounds) of ore, however due to improved iron ore prices, sales of $78.2 billion were up 26 per cent on the previous year, setting a new record for iron ore sales values.
An iron ore export ban was in place from 1938 to 24 November 1960. [23] In 1965, the first iron ore mine was operated at Goldsworthy in Western Australia. [24] Exports of iron ore began in the 1960s. [21] Iron ore production reached 100 million tonnes by the mid-1970s. [24] This figure doubled to 200 million tonnes in 2003, [21] and tripled by ...
Prior to the Atlas series, there were dated maps without text or indexes.. 1906 [2] The 1906 map created by Maitland Brown was a major accomplishment to tie in the range of mineral fields and administrative issues regarding mining in the state, when technology had not conquered distances and logistic issues in updating information about discoveries or mines.
1st Production Year Year ceased Output (mtpa) Extension Hill/Iron Hill Mount Gibson Iron Reworking stockpiles 2011 2019 Karara mine: Karara Mining Producing 2013 [6] - 8 Tallering Peak Mount Gibson Iron Closed 2003 2014 0
It was mined for iron ore by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company from 1951 until 1984. Koolan Island is a neighbouring island that was also mined by BHP for high grade iron ore. It was most recently mined by Perth-based mining company, Pluton Resources [ 1 ] until the company was placed under administration in September 2015.
Western Australia's overseas merchandising exports accounted for 46% of the nation's total. [2] [8] The state's major export commodities include iron-ore, alumina, crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), nickel, gold, ammonia, wheat, wool, and live sheep and cattle. Western Australia has become known as the engine room of the Australian economy.
Goldsworthy (named after the geographical feature Mount Goldsworthy) is a former mining town in Western Australia, east of Port Hedland and located in the Shire of East Pilbara. It was the first [1] iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.