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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 ...
[6] [7] [8] Western Australia's major iron producers have mines, communities and railways that occur along the range. [9] Rio Tinto operates several iron ore mines within the range, including Mount Tom Price, Marandoo, Brockman, Channar, West Angelas, Mesa A mine, and Paraburdoo. Over 100 million tonnes (220 billion pounds) of iron ore is ...
Mount Tom Price was the company's first mine to open in the Pilbara. [8] The mine has an annual production capacity of 28 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations. The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail. [9] Ore from Mount Tom Price, like Brockman, Paraburdoo, Channar, Eastern Range, Marandoo and ...
Mount Meharry (Panyjima: Wirlbiwirlbi) [3] is the highest mountain in Western Australia.It is located in the Hamersley Range within the southeastern part of Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) south-southeast of Wittenoom, [4] and 87 kilometres (54 mi) east-southeast of Tom Price.
HP Western Australia: 33 Hartz Peak: 1,254 838 Mount Picton: TAS Hartz Mountains: 34 Mount Bithongabel: 1,195 820 Brumlow Top: QLD/NSW Macpherson Range, Lamington National Park: 35 HP Blue Mountains 1,058 817 Mount William: QLD Isaac Region, nr Mackay: 36 Mount Superbus: 1,371 815 Brumlow Top: QLD South East Queensland: 37 Propsting Range: 894 ...
Excluding lakes and lagoons created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following: coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes; natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas; the Main Range containing mainland Australia's five glacial lakes. [1]
File:Mount Tom Price mine, September 2006.jpg. ... English: Iron Ore mine at Tom Price, Western Australia. Deutsch: Eisenerztagebau nahe Tom Price (West Australien)
At 627,422 hectares (1,550,390 acres), Karijini is the second largest national park in Western Australia (behind Karlamilyi National Park), with rock formations that are estimated at 2.5 billion years old. The ideal time to visit Karijini National Park is between May and September, during Australia's late autumn, winter and early spring.