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The Mount Whaleback mine, officially the Newman West operation, [1] is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, six kilometres west of Newman. [ 2 ] The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) [ 3 ] and operated by BHP , and is one of five iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
The Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine, part of BHP's Eastern Ridge hub and officially referred to as the Newman East operation, [1] is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 8 kilometres east of Newman. [2] The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) [3] and operated by BHP, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company ...
Newman is also a service town to the nearby mining settlements like Tom Price and Paraburdoo. Electricity is supplied by Alinta from its 180 MW gas-fired power station with a 30MW/11MWh Kokam battery at Newman. The station also supplies the Roy Hill mine, [17] [18] with grid construction reaching the Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mines. [19] [20]
Construction at South Flank began in July 2018, the Mine is already producing ore and is partially complete, once opened it will become the largest processing facility in Western Australia. BHP is the second-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and ahead of the Fortescue Metals Group . [ 2 ]
The Area C mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 92 kilometres west-north-west of Newman. [2]The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) [3] and operated by BHP, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
BHP's operations in Newman date back to 1968, when the Mount Whaleback mine was opened, the biggest single open-pit iron ore mine in the world. A new town, Mount Newman, was constructed, as well as a 426 kilometre railway line, the Mount Newman railway.
The Yarrie mine is serviced by the separate, shorter Goldsworthy railway. [10] Jimblebar is at the end of a 32 kilometre spur line of the Mount Newman railway. [3] Ore from the Mount Whaleback and the other Newman mines, as well as the Yandi mine is transported to the port at Nelson Point, while ore from Area C and Yarrie goes to Finucane Island.
The Yandicoogina mine, often shortened to Yandi, is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 95 kilometres north-west of Newman. [ 1 ] it should not be confused with BHP Billiton's Yandi mine , which is located nearby.