West Angelas Iron Ore Mine

Australia / Western Australia / Port Hedland /
 open-pit mine, iron mine
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Location: 110km from Newman, West Australia.
Operation: Open pit operation with site-based processing facilities.
Working arrangements: Fly-in / fly-out roster.
Capacity: 29.5 million tonnes total railout per annum
Products: Pilbara Blend Lump and Fines.
Geology: Marra Mamba Bedded Iron Deposit.
First year of operation: 2002
Ownership: West Angelas is owned by Robe River Iron Associates of which Rio Tinto has a 53 percent operating interest.

Assets Mobile fleet:
• 14 x 730E Komatsu (190t) haul trucks.
• 24 x 830E Komatsu (220t) hul trucks.
• 9 x loading units (3 excavators, 2 shovels, 4 front end loaders).
• 5 x track dozers (3 x D11, 2 x D10).
• 2 x wheel dozers.
• 3 x motor graders (2 x 16M, 1 x 24H).
• 4 x dump truck water carts.
• 6 x large dia blast hole rigs and 1 smaller specialist wall control drill rig.
• 2 x MMU explosive pump trucks

Autonomous haul system fleet:
• 5 x Komatsu 930E haul trucks.
• 1 x Komatsu 5500 excavator.
• 1 x Komatsu track dozer.
• 1 x Komatsu wheel dozer.
• 1 x Komatsu motor grader.
• 1 x water cart.


Crushing and screening plant.

Train loadout capability.

Relaimer and stacker.

(Information as of Dec 2010)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Angelas_mine
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   23°10'57"S   118°46'37"E

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