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Robe Valley Mine

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Australia

Robe Valley Mine

Location: 44 km W from Pannawonica, Western Australia, Australia

Regional Office:

152-158 St Georges Terrace
Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6000

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotRio Tinto’s expansion of their Robe Valley operation, involves the development of three open-pits on three new deposits namely Mesa B, Mesa C, and Mesa H, as well as the construction of supporting infrastructure for continued operations at Mesa A and Mesa J.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. 14 % Indirect
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 33 % Indirect
Rio Tinto plc 53 % Indirect
Robe River is a joint venture between Rio Tinto (53%), Mitsui Iron Ore Development (33%), and Nippon Steel Corporation (14%).

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Deposit type

  • Channel Iron (CID)
  • Banded iron formation

Summary:

Robe Valley deposits: goethite mineralisation occurs as pisolite ores within the paleo-channel of a channel iron formation.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

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Production

CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018201720162015
Iron Ore kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe26,95131,94731,18232,77632,482
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines.

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

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