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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.
Iron ore mining began in 1951. [7] The first shipment of iron ore from the island was made in the vessel Iron Yampi, which was purpose-built at the Whyalla shipyard. [3] It was one of a fleet of four bulk-carriers built to transport the ore for smelting at Australian steelworks. The Iron Kimberley was another of them. [8]
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 ...
Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region. Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in the Pilbara began in 1966, [2] with the Mount Tom Price mine opening that year. Mount Tom Price was the company's first mine to open in the Pilbara. [8] The mine has an annual production capacity of 28 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations.
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
The Pilbara operations accounted for almost 13 percent of the world's 2009 iron ore production of 1,590,000,000 tonnes (1.56 × 10 9 long tons; 1.75 × 10 9 short tons). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 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 ...
The Pilbara operations accounted for almost 13 percent of the world's 2009 iron ore production of 1.59 billion tonnes. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 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.