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Pilbara Minerals was founded in 2013 by a group of five geologists who studied at university together. Pilbara Minerals’ history is fairly new and a short one in terms of Australian mining, yet the Company is regarded as a true pioneer of the Australian lithium sector and a major contributor to the global lithium supply chain.
Mineralogy was founded in 1984 by Clive Palmer, who had become wealthy through property development in the Gold Coast.In 1985, the company acquired exploration leases for magnetite tenements in Cape Preston, Pilbara, from the U.S. iron ore processor M. A. Hanna Company.
Port Hedland is one of the largest iron ore loading ports in the world and the largest in Australia. In 2022, it had the largest bulk cargo throughput in Australia. With the neighbouring ports of Port Walcott and Dampier, Port Hedland is one of three major iron ore exporting ports in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The Jimblebar mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 41 kilometres east of Newman. [2]The mine is fully owned and operated by BHP, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara. [3]
Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region. Atlas purchased the iron ore rights for the Wodgina Project from Talison Minerals Pty Ltd, now known as Global Advanced Metals, in February 2008.
Mount Whaleback Iron Mine and the town of Newman from space, 2020 Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region. The Mount Whaleback deposit was discovered in 1957 by Stan Hilditch but not publicised until 1960, when the Australian Government lifted the embargo on iron ore exports it had put in place because of concerns the mineral was in short supply. [6]
The most important part of the Pilbara Craton to understand the early Earth crust is called the Eastern Pilbara Craton, where still exposed today, are crustal rocks that are up to 3.8 billion years old and intrusive granitic domes along with greenstone belts that are about 3.5 to 3.2 billion years old. [1]
Synthetic aperture radar satellite image of the West Angelas iron ore mine, 13 August 2023. The West Angelas mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 110 kilometres North West of Newman.