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Roy Hill Mine

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Roy Hill Mine

Location: 103 km N from Newman, Western Australia, Australia

Address:

5 Whitham Road, Perth Airport
PO Box Locked Bag No.42
Welshpool Dc
Western Australia, Australia
6986

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotRoy Hill is a world-class iron ore operation and one of the largest single ore mines in Australia.

Roy Hill continues to improve its mining, processing, rail and port systems. This includes developing the McPhee Creek project, assuming approvals are granted, and progressing studies to upgrade low grade stockpiles.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
China Steel Corporation 2.5 % Indirect
POSCO International Corp. 12.5 % Indirect
Marubeni Corp. 15 % Indirect
Hancock Prospecting Pty. Ltd. 70 % Indirect
Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The Roy Hill project is majority owned by Hancock Prospecting (70 per cent) with minority partners Marubeni Corporation (15 per cent), POSCO (12.5 per cent) and China Steel Corporation (2.5 per cent).

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Deposit type

  • Iron formation hosted

Summary:

Roy Hill is a low phosphorus, Marra Mamba iron ore deposit located in the Pilbara – close to Asia and in one of the world’s premier iron ore provinces.

The Marra Mamba Iron Formation is the basal member of the Hamersley Group in Western Australia and is host to major iron-ore deposits in its upper Mt Newman Member.

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Comminution

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Production

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All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines. * Production numbers were reported as 'Average annual'

Operational metrics

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Annual processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe55 Mt
Annual ore mining rate  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe55 Mt

Production Costs

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Financials

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Operating Cash Flow M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1,786  

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