Mount Whaleback

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Mount Whaleback is a prominent iron ore-rich hill in Western Australia’s Pilbara region that lends its name to one of the world’s largest open-cut iron ore mines.

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instanceOf hill ⓘ
iron ore deposit ⓘ
mining site ⓘ
associatedPort Port Hedland iron ore export terminals ⓘ
belongsToCompany BHP Group Limited ⓘ
linked to: BHP Group
commodity iron ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
developmentBegan late 1960s ⓘ
discoveredBy Stan Hilditch ⓘ
Ted Hilditch ⓘ
discoveredIn 1957 ⓘ
economicSignificance major contributor to Western Australia iron ore exports ⓘ
exportDestination China ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
geologicalFormation banded iron formation ⓘ
hasApproximateDepth more than 300 metres ⓘ
hasApproximateLength about 5.5 kilometres ⓘ
hasApproximateWidth about 1.5 kilometres ⓘ
hasFacility crushing and screening plant ⓘ
processing plant ⓘ
rail loading facilities ⓘ
hasResource iron ore ⓘ
isOneOf largest open-cut iron ore mines in the world ⓘ
locatedIn Pilbara region ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
locatedNear Newman, Western Australia ⓘ
miningMethod open-cut mining ⓘ
namedFor whale-back shape of the hill ⓘ
nearbyTownBuiltFor Newman ⓘ
nearbyTownPurpose mining company town for Mount Whaleback operations ⓘ
operatedBy BHP ⓘ
BHP Iron Ore (a division of BHP) ⓘ
linked to: BHP Group
oreType hematite ⓘ
martite-goethite ⓘ
partOf BHP Pilbara iron ore operations ⓘ
Hamersley Range iron ore province ⓘ
linked to: Hamersley Range
product fines iron ore ⓘ
iron ore concentrate ⓘ
lump iron ore ⓘ
productionStarted 1969 ⓘ
railLinkedTo Port Hedland ⓘ
railwaySystem Mount Newman railway ⓘ
regionType arid ⓘ
state Western Australia ⓘ

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