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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.
The Mount Tom Price mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, near the town of Tom Price. [1]The mine is fully owned and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
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.
The mine itself began operations in 1998. The mine has an annual production capacity of 52 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations. The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail. [8] Ore from the mine is then transported to the coast through the Hamersley & Robe River railway, where it is loaded onto ships. [9]
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 Nammuldi mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 60 kilometres north-west of Tom Price. [1]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.
The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail. [8] Ore from Paraburdoo, like Brockman, Mount Tom Price, Channar, Eastern Range, Marandoo and Yandicoogina are transported as lump and fines ore product from the mines to Dampier via rail. Before being loaded onto ships for export, the product is blended and rescreened.
West Angelas is the site of Rio Tinto's "Mine of the future" project. The mine operates automated trucks, automated rockbreakers , automated drills and blasts, which are controlled from a Perth operations centre rather than local operators on site.