Jarrahdahle bauxite mine
| Jarahdahle bauxite mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
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| Operating company | Alcoa | ||
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| Degradation of | bauxite | ||
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 18 '56.4 " S , 116 ° 4' 16.3" O | ||
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| Location | Jarrahdahle | ||
| State | Western Australia | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
The Jarrahdahle bauxite mine opened in 1963 and was the first industrial bauxite mine in Australia . After 35 years of mining , it was closed in 1998, closing an early chapter in the history of major Australian industry.
history
Bauxite was found in the Darling Range in Western Australia in the early 1940s. Established in 1957, the Australian mining company Western Australian Mining Corporation explored this deposit and Alcoa began mining operations in 1963 .
The mined bauxite ore was transported by rail to the fused metal electrolysis plant in Kwinawa , where it was processed into aluminum.
The ore from this mine had a sufficient bauxite content. 160 million tons of ore were mined.
After the mining operations ended, the dismantling of the facilities and the recultivation of the site took another three years until 2001. Today, the former mine site is a park on Nettleton Road in Jarrahdahle , called Longford Park .