- Nammuldi mine
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Nammuldi mine Location Location in Australia
Nammuldi mine22.418579°S 117.360397°E / 22.41858°S 117.3604°ECoordinates: 22.418579°S 117.360397°E / 22.41858°S 117.3604°E
Location Pilbara State Western Australia Country Australia Owner Company Rio Tinto Iron Ore Website Rio Tinto Iron Ore website ASX RIO Production Products Iron ore Production 6.6 million tonnes/annum History Opened 2006 The Nammuldi mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 60 kilometres north-west of Tom Price.[1]
The mine is fully owned and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.[2][3] In the calendar year 2009, the combined Pilbara operations produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore, a 15 percent increase from 2008.[4] The Pilbara operations accounted for almost 13 percent of the world's 2009 iron ore production of 1.59 billion tonnes.[5][6]
The Hamersley Range, where the mine is located, contains 80 percent of all identified iron ore reserves in Australia and is one of the world's major iron ore provinces.[7]
Overview
Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region.
Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in the Pilbara began in 1966.[2] The mine itself began operations in 2006, during a time when Rio Tinto increased the production output of its mines in the Pilbara due to increased demands.[8] The mine has an annual production capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations. The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail.[9]
Ore from the mine is then transported to the coast through the Hamersley & Robe River railway, where it is loaded onto ships.[10]
The mines workforce is on a Fly-in fly-out roster.[9]
The mine is located near the Brockman mine, also operated by Rio Tinto.[2] Rio Tinto briefly had to close the mine in February 2009, alongside Brockman, because of heavy rain and floods in the region.[11]
The mine is owned by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, which ownes six mines in the Pilbara, including Nammuldi, and partly owns two more mines in the region.[12]
References
- ^ MINEDEX website: Nammuldi search result accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ a b c Pilbara Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ Mining Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ Preparing for the future Rio Tinto presentation, published: 23 March 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ Global iron-ore production falls 6,2% in 2009 - Unctad report miningweekly.com, published: 30 July 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ Production of iron ore fell in 2009, but shipments continued to increase, report says UNCTAD website, published: 30 July 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ Iron fact sheet - Australian Resources and Deposits Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ Iron ore mining outlook miningaustralia.com.au, published: 12 November 2007, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ a b Nammuldi mine Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ Rail Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ Rio Tinto resuming Australian iron-ore mining after floods mining-journal.com, published: 25 February 2009, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed: 8 November 2010
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