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Iron Ore Mine
BHP Mount Newman Mine
3rd-largest iron ore mine in Australia of 49 · top 2% worldwide (#5 of 372)
- Operator
- BHP Group Ltd, ITOCHU Corp, Mitsui & Co Ltd
- Owner
- BHP Minerals, Mitsui-ITOCHU Iron, ITOCHU Minerals and Energy of Australia
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 75 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~68.36 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1969
Comparable iron ore mines · Australia · 49 ranked
- #1BHP Jimblebar Mine
- #2BHP South Flank Mine
- #3BHP Mount Newman Mine
- #4Roy Hill Mine
- #5BHP Area C Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Newman (AU) power station4.4 km · Power Plant · 238 MW · gas
- Yarnima power station4.5 km · Power Plant · 190 MW · gas
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)