List of iron ore mines in Australia
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This list of iron mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organized by state.
Western Australia
Pilbara
- Nullagine mine
- Paraburdoo, Western Australia
- Paraburdoo mine
- Pardoo mine
- Roy Hill
- Shay Gap, Western Australia
- Tom Price, Western Australia
- West Angelas mine
- Wilgie Mia
- Wodgina mine
- Yandicoogina mine
- Yandi mine
- Yarrie mine
Esperance Port
Geraldton Port
- Midwest
- Extension Hill mine production curtailed by rail constraints
- Tallering Peak ore production increased significantly
Offshore Islands
South Australia
- Whyalla port and Whyalla Steelworks
- Iron Duke
- Iron Knob, South Australia
- Iron Prince
- Iron Monarch
- Iron Baron.
- Ships in the BHP fleet are also called Iron This and Iron That.
- Peculiar Knob - mothballed by Arrium in 2015[1]
Northern Territory
- Frances Creek
- Union Reef - rail to Darwin
Others
- Area C mine
- Brockman 4 mine - joint railway with Atlas Iron [2] and QR [3]
- Brockman mine
- Channar mine
- Christmas Creek mine
- Cloud Break mine
- Cockatoo Island mine
- Eastern Range mine
- Goldsworthy mine
- Hope Downs mine
- Jimblebar mine
- Marandoo mine
- Mesa A mine
- Mesa J mine
- Mount Jackson, Western Australia
- Mount Tom Price mine
- Mount Whaleback mine
- Nammuldi mine
- Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine
- Shay Gap mine
- West Angelas mine
- Wodgina mine
Proposed
References
- ^ Valerina Changarathil (23 January 2015). "Arrium to mothball Southern Iron operations that include Peculiar Knob mine in SA, flags $1.3bn writedown due to iron ore prices". The Advertiser. News Corp. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.railpage.com.au/news/topic-24/
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201104/s3194491.htm?site=riverina