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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Iron Ore Mine
NZ Steel Waikato North Head Mine
- Operator
- BlueScope Steel Ltd
- Owner
- New Zealand Steel
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1.2 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Commissioned
- 1970
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Waikato (Oceanex) offshore wind farm13 km · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · wind
- BlueScope New Zealand Steel Glenbrook16 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Glenbrook power station17 km · Power Plant · 112 MW · gas
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)