This list of iron ore mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.
Western Australia
Pilbara MineAlternative namesMajority OwnerStatus1st Production YearOutput (mtpa)!Area C mineMining Area C (MAC Mine)BHPProducing200155Balmoral SouthAustralasian ResourcesDeposit -0Brockman 4 mineRio TintoProducing201022Brockman 2 mineBrockman mineRio TintoProducing19928.7Channar mineRio TintoProducing20Christmas Creek mineFortescue Metals GroupProducing50Cloud Break mineFortescue Metals GroupProducing40Cockatoo IslandPluton Resources (under administration)Not producing0Eastern Ridge mineOrebody 23/25, Newman EastBHPHope Downs mineRio Tinto / Hancock ProspectingProducingIron Valley mineMineral Resources LtdProducing6Jimblebar mineOrebody 18 mineBHPProducing2013Karara mineKarara MiningProducing20138Marandoo mineRio TintoProducing199415Mesa A mineWaramboo mine, Mesa J mine (part of Mesa A)Rio TintoProducing1992Mt Tom Price mineRio TintoProducing196628Mt. Whaleback mineBHPProducing1968Nammuldi mineRio TintoProducing20066.6Paraburdoo mineRio TintoProducing197220Pardoo mineAtlas Iron LtdProducing20082.4Roy HillHancock ProspectingProducing2014Shay GapMount Goldsworthy Mining AssociatesClosed in 19931973Solomon hub mineFortescue Metals GroupProducing201372South Flank mineBHPUnder construction in 2020West Angelas mineRio TintoProducing200235Wodgina mineAtlas Iron LtdExhausted in 201720100Yandicoogina mineRio TintoProducing199852Yandi mineBHPProducing199179Yarrie mineGoldsworthyBHPSuspended in 201419930
Esperance Port MineAlternative namesMajority OwnerStatus1st Production YearOutput (mtpa)Koolyanobbing, Western AustraliaCliffs Natural Resources LimitedMt. JacksonCliffs Natural Resources LimitedYilgarn Iron Producers Association
Geraldton / Mid West MineAlternative namesMajority OwnerStatus1st Production YearYear ceasedOutput (mtpa)Extension Hill/Iron HillMount Gibson IronReworking stockpiles20112019Karara mineKarara MiningProducing2013 -8Tallering PeakMount Gibson IronClosed200320140
Offshore islands
Koolan Island Koolan Island mine
South Australia Cairn Hill mine Iron Baron Iron Duke Iron Knob, South Australia Iron Monarch Iron Prince Peculiar Knob - mothballed by Arrium in 2015 Port Adelaide (multi-commodity port, export port for Cairn Hill ore) Whyalla port and Whyalla Steelworks (Processing plant and export port for iron ore and steel products)
Northern Territory
Frances Creek Union Reef - rail to Darwin
Proposed New South Wales Lockhart - Standard Mining.
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