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The Mount Newman railway runs for 426 kilometres, from Newman to Port Hedland, and is one of Australia's longest private railways. The line, along with its spur lines to Mount Whaleback , Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 , Jimblebar , Yandi and Area C , services the iron ore mines at Newman.
Fortescue railway — owned and operated by FMG. Goldsworthy railway and Mount Newman railway — owned and operated by BHP. Hamersley & Robe River railway — majority-owned by Rio Tinto and operated by its subsidiary Pilbara Iron. Roy Hill railway — owned and operated by Hancock Prospecting.
Newman, originally named Mount Newman until 1981, is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It can be reached by the Great Northern Highway. Newman is a modern mining town, with homes contrasting with the ...
The Fortescue railway, owned and operated by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It opened in 2008. [ 1 ] When it was completed, it was the heaviest haul railway in the world, designed for 40 tonne axle loads, 2.5 to 5 tonnes heavier than the other Pilbara ...
The Goldsworthy railway, owned and operated by BHP, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It is one of two railway lines BHP operates in the Pilbara, the other being the Mount Newman railway. [1] In addition to the BHP network, there are three more independent iron ore rail lines in the ...
In 2010, Rio Tinto announced plans to expand capacity on the railway line linking its iron ore mines to Dampier; this would increase capacity to 230 million tonnes (510 billion pounds) per year, to meet increasing demand for iron ore. [26] The railway lines are: Hamersley & Robe River railway (Rio Tinto) Mount Newman railway (BHP)
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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.