Paraburdoo

Location 80 kilometres south of Tom Price
Operation Open pit with site-based processing facilities. Greater Paraburdoo produces 23 mtpa of high grade ore through a central processing plant fed from the three mines fo Paraburdoo, Channar and Eastern Range.
Working arrangements Employees live in nearby Paraburdoo
Capacity Total capacity of Greater Paraburdoo operation is 23 mtpa - Paraburdoo, Eastern Range and Channar
Products Lump and Fines contributions to Pilbara Blend 
Geology Brockman Bedded Iron Deposit
First year of operation 1972
Ownership 100 per cent Rio Tinto
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, 15H187
• Letourneau L180, 07H1496, 07H1697, 07H168
• Hitachi EX3600 15H2052, 15H2053, 15R02, 15H190
• 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 D10T 08H93, 08H94

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

Front End Loader
• 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

Crushing and screening plant, fines processing plant. Train loadout capability.

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