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Primarily an iron ore mining town, the Mount Tom Price mine (situated approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) out of town) is under the control of mining giant Rio Tinto.Due to the mid-2000s and late-2010s resource booms in Western Australia, Tom Price is one of the more affluent non-metropolitan regions in Australia, with the average Rio Tinto employee's wage being significantly higher than the ...
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.
File:Mount Tom Price mine, September 2006.jpg. ... English: Iron Ore mine at Tom Price, Western Australia. Deutsch: Eisenerztagebau nahe Tom Price (West Australien)
The Brockman 2 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 twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
Tom Price Airport (IATA: TPR, ICAO: YTOM) is an airport near Tom Price, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. [2] It has a short dirt runway capable of handing small general aviation aircraft and light turboprops.
Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region. Brockman 4 is located approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of the Brockman 2 mine.The mine, which cost US$1.520 billion to build, was initially scheduled to produce 22 Mt annually, [2] with a doubling of capacity planned by 2012, to help achieve Rio Tinto's goal of raising iron ore production from the Pilbara from 220 Mt annually (as of 2010) to 330 Mt. [9]
The need for a more direct sealed road between the areas surrounding Karratha and Tom Price was identified in the 1990s. Before Stages one to three of Manuwarra Red Dog Highway were constructed, access from Karratha to Tom Price (on the public roads) was via the Roebourne–Wittenoom Road, the Nanutarra–Munjina Road and the Tom Price Spur Road.
Australia wide: March 1961: Western Australian government announces that iron ore exploration permits will be allowed: Western Australia: September 1962: CRA geologists identify Mount Tom Price deposits: Mount Tom Price: 1964: Oil was discovered in commercial quantities by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd: Barrow Island: January 1965