Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine

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Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine
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Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine
Location in Western Australia
Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine
Location
Location Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara
State Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 23°20′23″S119°47′59″E / 23.339630°S 119.799797°E / -23.339630; 119.799797
Production
Products Iron ore
ProductionNominal capacity: 12 million tonnes/annum
Combined production: 63 million tonnes/annum (for the Newman Hub, consisting of Newman West and East) [1]
Financial year2021
Owner
Company BHP (85%)
Mitsui Iron (10%)
Itochu (5%)
Website www.bhp.com

The Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine, part of BHP's Eastern Ridge hub and officially referred to as the Newman East operation, is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, eight kilometres east of Newman. [2]

The mine is owned by BHP (85%), Mitsui Iron (10%) and Itochu (5%). [3]

Overview

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Iron ore mines in the Pilbara region

At Orebody 25, BHP operates a processing plant consisting of a primary and secondary crusher, and a screening plant. BHP does not report the annual production of the mine separately, but rather together with its other Newman operations which, in 2009/10, produced a combined 37 million tonnes of ore. [4]

Orebody 23 and 25 were operated by HWE Mining and Orebody 18 by Macmahon Holdings. [3] [5] [6] In 2011 and 2014, BHP Billiton brought operations in house. [7] [8] [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "BHP Annual report 2021" (PDF). BHP . 14 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ↑ MINEDEX website: Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 search result Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 6 December 2010
  3. 1 2 Orebody 23/25 HWE Mining
  4. ↑ Annual report 2010 BHP Billiton
  5. ↑ HWE Mining awarded $400 million contract extension HWE Mining 5 March 2009
  6. ↑ Macmahon in deep with BHP Australian Financial Review 22 December 2005
  7. ↑ Leighton flags potential sale of Pilbara iron ore business to BHP Billiton Leighton Holdings 9 August 2011
  8. ↑ Completion of the Acquisition of HWE Mining Subsidiaries BHP 30 September 2011
  9. ↑ BHP Billiton Iron Ore Complettes Owner-Operator Transition BHP 25 February 2014
  10. ↑ Transition of Orebody 18 Contract Macmahon Holdings 25 February 2014
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