Channar mine
| Channar mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
| Funding / total | 20 million t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Rio Tinto Iron Ore (60%) Sinosteel Corporation (40%) | ||
| Start of operation | 1990 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 23 ° 18 '48 " S , 117 ° 47' 6.4" E | ||
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| local community | Paraburdoo | ||
| State | Western Australia | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
The Channar Mine is an iron ore mine in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia , 17 kilometers southeast of Paraburdoo .
The mine is operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore , a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group , which holds a majority stake in it. The Channar Mine is one of 13 mines in the Pilbara that this mining company operates. In 2009 the Rio Tinto mines in the Pilbara produced 202 million tons of iron ore, more than 15 percent than the previous year. The Rio Tinto mines produced more than 13 percent of the world's 1.59 million tons of iron ore production in 2009.
The Hamersley Range , where the mine is located, contains 80 percent of all known iron ore deposits in Australia and is one of the world's largest deposits.
Operation of the mine
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Mining in the Pilbara region. The red point marks the location of the mine. |
Rio Tinto has been producing iron ore in the Pilbara region since 1966. The Channar Mine began operations in open pit mining in January 1990. Rio Tinto produces 20 million tons of iron ore through joint production by the Paraburdoo Mine , Eastern Range Mine and Channar Mine. The iron ore from the Channar and Paraburdoo mines is transported to Paraburdoo before being loaded onto railways using conveyor belts. The ore from the mines is then transported to the coast by the Hamersley & Robe River Railway , where it is loaded onto ships. Ore from Channar, as well as Brockman Mine , Mount , Paraburdoo Mine, Eastern Range Mine, Marandoo Mine and Yandicoogina Minea is transported by rail to Dampier in the form of pellets and as a fine ore product . The iron ore products are mixed and sieved before loading. The maximum size of the pellets is 31.5 mm and that of the fine ore is 6.3 mm.
The mines employ locals from Paraburdoo. In 2009, the Paraburdoo, Channar and Eastern Range mines had 1,081 employees, compared to 1,324 in 2008.
The mine was temporarily closed in late 2008 when the Chinese business partner Sinosteel refused to sell at the lower iron prices during the financial crisis because the manufacturing costs for Brazilian iron ore were 11 percent lower. According to the findings of the Bank Credit Suisse , iron ore from Channar cost 11% more than the identical product from Brazil .
The mine, which is designed to produce 10 million tons per year in 1998, is expected to continue operating for 200 million tons of iron ore for the Chinese steel industry. The Channar Mine was the first company in which a Chinese company outside of China participated. and was China's largest overseas investment at the time. In 2010, Rio Tinto and Sinosteel announced plans that they would expand production by an additional 50 million tons of iron ore.
Rio Tinto holds 60 percent of the mine and the Chinese company Sinosteel Corporation 40 percent. Rio Tinto owns the mine through Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd , a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, which owns six other iron ore mines in the Pilbara and interests in two other mines, including Channar.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MINEDEX website: Channar search result accessed: 6 November 2010
- ↑ a b Pilbara ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ↑ Mining ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ↑ Preparing for the future ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB) 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 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. UNCTAD website, published: 30 July 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Iron fact sheet - Australian Resources and Deposits ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Geoscience Australia website, accessed 7 November 2010
- ↑ a b Channar mine ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ↑ Rail ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010
- ↑ Iron fact sheet - Mining ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Geoscience Australia website, accessed 7 November 2010
- ↑ a b Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 (PDF; 4.3 MB) Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Sinosteel losses shut Rio mine The Sydney Morning Herald , published: 12 December 2008, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Sinosteel losses seal Huang's fate The Age , published: 12 December 2008, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Sinosteel shelves float amid investigation into accounting hole The Australian , published: 9 August 2010. accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Channar Iron Project ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sinosteel Australia website, accessed 7 November 2010
- ↑ Speech - Signing Ceremony Extension Hill Iron Ore Project Australian Embassy China website, published: 26 October 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ↑ Mining Journal - Rio Tinto extends and establishes joint ventures in China . December 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ China in box seat on a BHP, Rio deal The Australian , published: 9 November 2007, accessed: 7 November 2010
