Yandi Mine
| Yandi Mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Funding / total | 41 million t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company |
BHP Billiton (85%) Mitsui Iron (8%) Itochu Minerals (7%) |
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| Start of operation | 1991 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron ore | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 44 '1.1 " S , 119 ° 7' 5.5" E | ||
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| local community | Newman | ||
| State | Western Australia | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
The Yandi Mine is an iron ore mine in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia , 90 kilometers west of Newman . The mine should not be confused with the nearby Yandicoogina Mine owned by the Rio Tinto Group , also known as Yandi for short .
Economic data
The main shareholder of the mine with 85% is BHP Billiton , which operates a further seven mines in the Pilbara region. BHP Billiton also operates two iron ore shipping facilities in Port Hedland on Nelson Point and Finucane Island and over 1,000 kilometers of ore railroad lines.
BHP Billiton is the second largest iron ore mine operator in the Pilbara, after Rio Tinto , while Fortescue Metals Group is third. In 2010, BHP employed 8,000 people in iron ore production in the region.
history
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Mining in the Pilbara region. The red point marks the location of the mine. |
The first iron ore mine to start operating in the Pilbara region was the Goldsworthy Mine in 1965. The iron ore produced was transported on the Goldsworthy Railway to the port facilities on Finucane Island and loaded onto ships. On June 1, 1966, the first shipload of Australian iron ore left this port aboard the Harvey S. Mudd .
Mining activities began in Yandi in 1991 and the first shipload of iron ore was produced in 1992. The production facility was renovated from 1994 to 2003 and has an annual capacity of 41 million tons of iron ore. The plant consists of a crusher, two production plants and two train loading stations.
After two fatal occupational accidents at the Yandi mine in September 2008, BHP closed the mine for 10 days to review work safety and had all of its other iron ore mines in the Pilbara region inspected.
See also
Web links
- BHP Billiton website
- MINEDEX website database of the Department of Mines and Petroleum
Individual evidence
- ↑ MINEDEX website: Yandi search result , accessed on November 6, 2010
- ↑ a b BHP Billiton Annual report 2010 BHP Billiton website, in English, accessed December 6, 2010
- ↑ a b About BHP Billiton Iron Ore BHP Billiton website, accessed November 10, 2010
- ^ Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 (PDF; 4.3 MB) Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed November 8, 2010
- ^ History of the Iron Ore Industry and the Pilbara BHP Billiton website, accessed November 10, 2010
- ^ BHP suspends WA iron works after second mining death The Australian , September 5, 2008, accessed November 12, 2010