Wodgina mine
| Wodgina mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 20 million t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 2010 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 10 '52.1 " S , 118 ° 40' 30.7" E | ||
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| local community | Port Hedland | ||
| State | Western Australia | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
The Wodgina Mine is an iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia , 90 kilometers south of Port Hedland .
The mine is operated by Global Advanced Metals , the existing buildings and apartments are shared in accordance with a contract with Atlas Iron .
Mining operations
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Mining in the Pilbara region. The red point marks the location of the mine. |
Atlas acquired the mining rights to the mine in February 2008 from Talison Minerals Pty Ltd, now Global Advanced Metals.
Atlas took the project from the first wells to production readiness in a year and a half. This was possible because there was an unused production structure of the tantalum mine owned by Global Advanced Metals . The tantalum mine was put back into operation in January 2010.
Atlas began producing iron ore in the Wodgina mine in July 2010. It was planned to increase production from 2010 with 6.5 million tons of iron ore to 20 million tons of iron ore in 2012. The aim was to extract 10 million tons from the Turner River Hub . These were later to be supplemented by additional ore from the mines to the north at Wodgina, Abydos and Mount Webber .
Atlas expected that there would be a settlement with BHP Billiton and that they could use the existing rail infrastructure of the Goldsworthy Railway in the future. At the end of 2010, BHP promised to examine the matter in a feasibility study.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MINEDEX website: Wodgina search result , accessed on November 24, 2010.
- ↑ a b Wodgina ( memento of October 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Atlas website, accessed on November 24, 2010
- ↑ Tantalum (PDF; 799 kB) Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed November 25, 2010
- ↑ Atlas Iron lifts exports ahead of schedule The Sydney Morning Herald , from 1 November 2010, accessed 24 November 2010
- ↑ Atlas Iron optimistic about using BHP rail line to Port Hedland ABC Rural , November 23, 2010, accessed November 24, 2010