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Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in the Pilbara began in 1966, [2] with the Mount Tom Price mine opening that year. 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.
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 Marandoo mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres east 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 Pilbara Iron rail network transports ore from the following Rio Tinto-operated mines to the ports at Dampier and Cape Lambert: [46] Brockman 2 mine; Brockman 4 mine; Nammuldi mine; Mount Tom Price mine; Marandoo mine; Mesa A mine; Mesa J mine; Paraburdoo mine; Channar mine (ore transported to Paraburdoo by conveyor)
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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: Hamersley Holdings Limited shares on the Australian Securities Exchange: 1968: BHP ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge said Rio Tinto Plc must face an investor lawsuit accusing the Anglo-Australian mining giant of concealing delays and huge cost overruns at a Mongolian copper and ...