Ports
Our port facilities at Dampier and Cape Lambert in the Pilbara region are run and managed by Pilbara Iron, a world-class asset manager which operates and maintains all mining, rail, port and power facilities in the Pilbara on behalf of the asset owners.
Dampier
| Location | Approximately 21 kilometres south of Karratha |
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| Operation | Two ship-loading terminals located at Dampier - Parker Point and East Intercourse Island. Each terminal has facilities for train unloading, product stockpiling and blending and ship loading. |
| Working arrangements | Residential employees at the port facilities reside in the Shire of Roebourne |
| Ship loading capacity |
146 million tonnes per annum |
| Turn around time | 24 and 36 hours to load a ship |
| Accreditation | Ore is sampled and analysed prior to shiploading as per ISO iron ore standards. The quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2008 |
| First year of operation | Parker Point commenced 1966; East Intercourse Island commenced 1972. |
| Ownership |
100 per cent Rio Tinto |
| Assets |
Parker Point: two car dumpers, four shipping berths and two shiploaders |
| Power supply | Rio Tinto Iron Ore Generation Network (including Paraburdoo and Yurralyi Maya Power Station) |
| Local Government | Shire of Roebourne (http://www.roebourne.wa.gov.au/) |
Cape Lambert
| Location | Approximately 60 kilometres north of Karratha |
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| Operation | Train unloading, processing of ore, product stockpiling, blending and ship loading |
| Working arrangements | Residential employees at the port facilities reside in the Shire of Roebourne |
| Ship loading capacity |
80 million tonnes per annum |
| Turn around time | 24 and 36 hours to load a ship |
| Accreditation | Ore is sampled and analysed prior to shiploading as per ISO ion ore standards. The quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2008 |
| First year of operation | 1972 |
| Ownership |
Joint venture between Rio Tinto (53 per cent) and Robe River. |
| Assets |
Cape Lambert: two car dumpers, four shipping berths (draft 19.8mt) and two shiploaders. The ore wharf is one of the highest, longest and deepest wharfes in Australia at 3 kilometres long and 30 metres high. |
| Power supply | Cape Lambert Power Station |
| Local Government | Shire of Roebourne (http://www.roebourne.wa.gov.au/) |
Latest media releases
- 21 May 2013
Rio Tinto welcomes first resident into new Jingarri Estate in Karratha - 07 May 2013
Rio Tinto welcomes first Aboriginal trainee's transition to permanent Emergency Management position in the Pilbara - 06 May 2013
New bridge approved on the North West Coastal Highway near Roebourne supports Rio Tinto Pilbara expansion
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