Mount Tom Price
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Employees |
868 |
|---|---|
| Location | About 370 kilometres south-east of Karratha. |
| Operation | Open pit operation with site-based processing facilities |
| Working arrangements | Employees live in the nearby town of Tom Price. |
| Capacity | 28 million tonnes per annum. |
| Products | Lump and Fines contributions to Pilbara Blend. |
| Geology | Brockman and Marra Mamba Bedded Iron Deposit. |
| First year of operation | 1966 |
| Ownership | 100 per cent Rio Tinto. |
| Assets |
Dozers: Dump Truck: Excavators: Graders: Loaders: |
| Local government |
Shire of Ashburton: http://www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/ |
Latest media releases
- 23 September 2008
Rio Tinto approves US$247 million investment to upgrade Pilbara mining town - 18 September 2008
Rio Tinto and GE combine 'Mine of the Future™' and 'ecomagination' - 16 September 2008
Cape Lambert back to full capacity
