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The Mount Whaleback mine, officially the Newman West operation, [1] is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, six kilometres west of Newman. [ 2 ] The mine is majority-owned (85 percent) [ 3 ] and operated by BHP , and is one of five iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.
While the Pilbara iron ore deposits were known, such as the Mount Whaleback deposit discovered in 1957 by Stan Hilditch, it was not until 1960, when the Australian government lifted the embargo on iron ore exports that it had put in place because of concerns the mineral was in short supply, that mining began in earnest. [20]
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 ...
Asbestos mine closed at Wittenoom Gorge: Wittenoom: 1966: Rio Tinto opens its first iron ore mine in the Pilbara: Mount Tom Price mine: July 1966: Tom Price to Dampier - first fully loaded ore train: August 1966: Dampier - first shipment of ore loaded: 1967: Iron ore discovered at Mount Whaleback: Newman: May 1967
As of 2010, active iron ore mines in the Pilbara are: BC Iron. Iron Valley mine; BHP. Area C mine; Jimblebar mine; Mount Whaleback mine; Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine; Yandi mine; Yarrie mine; Fortescue Metals Group. Christmas Creek mine; Cloud Break mine; Rio Tinto. Brockman mine; Brockman 4 mine; Channar mine; Eastern Range mine; Hope Downs ...
Preserved 5497 at the Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum in April 2012. 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 ...
Orebody 18 mine BHP Producing 2013 [5] Karara mine: Karara Mining Producing 2013 [6] 8 Marandoo mine: Rio Tinto Producing 1994 15 Mesa A mine: Waramboo mine, Mesa J mine (part of Mesa A) Rio Tinto [7] Producing 1992 Mt Tom Price mine: Rio Tinto Producing 1966 28 Mt. Whaleback mine: BHP Producing 1968 Nammuldi mine: Rio Tinto Producing 2006 6.6 ...
Places such as Kalgoorlie, Mount Isa, Mount Morgan, Broken Hill and Coober Pedy are known as mining towns. Major active mines in Australia include: Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production.