Mount Tom Price

Location	Approximately 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: • 2 x D11T. • 2 x D11R. • 1 x D10T. Dump Trucks: • 31 x Komatsu 830E, A/C and D/C drive. • 4 x 785-7 Komatsu. Excavators: • 3 x Hitachi EX3600 excavator. • 2 x O&K RH170 face shovels. • 1 x Hitachi EX5500 face shovel. • 1 x O&K RH200 face shovel. • 1 x O&K RH120 excavator. • 1 x Komatsu PC 1250 excavator. Graders: • 2 x Cat 16H. • 1 x Cat 16M. • 1 x Cat 24H. Loaders: • 1 x Komatsu WA1200. • 2 x Letourneau 1850. Water Trucks: • 2 x Cat 777. • 1 x Cat 785C. • 2 x Komatsu 785-5. Crushing and screening plant. Train loadout capability.
Local government	Shire of Ashburton: http://www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/

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