Iron Ore Mining Gold Valley
The Hamersley Basin mining area lies in the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia, 1,100km north of Perth. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hamersley Iron Pty, Rio Tinto operates five major producing mines in this area Mount Tom Price, Marandoo, Brockman, Paraburdoo and Yandicoogina, while the company is in a 60 40 joint venture with the Chinese company, CMIEC, at the Channar.Mar 24, 2021 Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) is an integrated system of four processing hubs and five mines connected by than 1,000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. WAIO’s Pilbara reserve base is relatively concentrated, allowing development to be planned around integrated.