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Eastern Range

Location

 10km from the Paraburdoo mine.

Operation

 Open pit operation with site-based processing facilities. Ore from Eastern Range is partly processed at the Paraburdoo processing plant.  Ore is transported from Eastern Range to Paraburdoo on a conveyor belt.

Working arrangements

 Employees live in nearby Paraburdoo.

Capacity

 20 million tonnes per annum (total Greater Paraburdoo Operation - Paraburdoo, Eastern Range and Channar).

Products

 Secondary crushed material conveyed to Paraburdoo.

Geology

 Brockman Bedded Iron Deposit.

First year of operation

 2004

Ownership

 Joint venture between Hamersley Iron (54 per cent) and Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation (46 per cent).

Assets

Shared from the Greater Paraburdoo Operations pooled fleet:

Terex Unit Rig MT4400
• 06H1
• 06H2
• 06H3
• 06H4
• 06H5
• 06H6
• 06H7
• 06H8
• 06H11
• 06H12
• 06H13
• 06H14
• 06H15
• 06H16
• 06H17
• 06H18
• 06H19
• 06H20
• 06H114
• 06H115

Caterpillar 785C Haul Truck
• 06H160
• 06H161
• 06H162
• 06H163

Loading Units:
• Shovel O&K RH200C, 15H2046.
• Letourneau L180, 07H1496, 07H1697, 07H168.
• Hitachi EX3600 15H2052, 15H2053, 15R02, 15H901.
• Hitachi EX2500 15H179.

Auxillary Equipment Drill
• Reedrill SKS12 21H2101.
• Reedrill SKS15 21H2026.
• Reedrill QXR920 21H109.
• Reedrill QXR920 21H2029.
• Reedrill QXR920 21H2191.

Dozer
• Caterpillar D11R 08H1061, 08H1062, 08H1063, 08H397.
• Caterpillar D10R 08H93, 08H94.
• Caterpillar D10T 08H93, 08H94.

Grader
• Caterpillar 16M, 14H & 24H, 12H200, 12H201, 12H219, 12H204, 12H224.

Front End Ldr
• Caterpillar 992, 07H101.
• Caterpillar 998, 07H103.
• Caterpillar AN Loader, 07H109.
• Komatsu WA250, 07H122, 07H123.
• Komatsu WA900, 07H1486.

Articulated Truck
• Moxy, 06H185.

Water Truck
• Caterpillar 777D and Caterpillar 785C, 06H107, 06H108, 06H180, 06H254, 06H257.

Float
• Terex Unit Rig Float 11H92.
• Caterpillar 793 Float 11H93.

Tyre Dozer
• Tiger 855 08H80.
• Komatsu WD900, 08H87, 08H89.

Local government

 		 Shire of Ashburton http://www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/

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