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Karara Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe development of Karara is based on mining raw magnetite ore and processing it at the Karara concentrator to produce a high-grade magnetite concentrate. The product is transported by rail to the Port of Geraldton for stockpiling and export to Ansteel’s Bayuquan steel mill, located adjacent to the Port of Yingkou in northern China.

No production data has been publicly available since 2022, as Karara is owned by a private company.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Karara Mining Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Ansteel Group Corporation Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Karara Mining Limited (KML) owns and operates the Karara mine.

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Deposit type

  • Banded iron formation

Summary:

Mt Karara magnetite mineralisation is confined to a magnetite banded iron formation (BIF) lithological unit that occurs within a tightly folded and structurally disrupted northeast trending syncline. The Mt Karara syncline is characterised by a thick western limb dipping steeply to the east and a thinner and more structurally complex eastern limb that dips less steeply to the west, and it is the thick western limb that hosts most of the interpreted mineralisation. Where drilling has penetrated the base of the BIF, the syncline structure is interpreted to plunge steeply to the north. The drilling coverage has allowed the Mt Karara deposit to be modelled to a strike length of approximately 3km and the main mineralised zone has a width of approximately 500m. The BIF has been interpreted to extend vertically to depths of >700m below the surface.

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits202220212018201720162015
Iron (magnetite) kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe7,8128,0677,0935,863
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.

Operational metrics

Metrics202320222021202020192018201720162015
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe8 Mt of iron (magnetite) concentrate8 Mt of iron (magnetite) concentrate
Annual mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe20,558 kwmt19,772 kwmt17,313 kwmt13,480 kwmt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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Mine Management

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