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article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.

Western Australia

Pilbara

Esperance Port

Geraldton / Mid West

Offshore islands

Koolan Island Koolan Island is an island off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia in the Buccaneer Archipelago. It is about north of Perth, and about north of Derby. It hosts deposits of high-grade iron ore. Description The island is approximately in ...

* Koolan Island mine

South Australia

* Cairn Hill mine * Iron Baron * Iron Duke * Iron Knob, South Australia * Iron Monarch * Iron Prince * Peculiar Knob - mothballed by

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(multi-commodity port, export port for Cairn Hill ore) *

Whyalla Whyalla is a city in South Australia. It was founded as Hummock's Hill, and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, and Gawler, and along ...

port and

Whyalla Steelworks The Whyalla Steelworks is a fully integrated steelworks and the only manufacturer of rail in Australia. It produces 75% of all structural steel in Australia. Iron ore is mined in the Middleback Range to feed the steelworks, resulting in the dist ...

(Processing plant and export port for iron ore and steel products)

Northern Territory

* Frances Creek * Union Reef - rail to Darwin

Proposed

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** Lockhart - Standard Mining.

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iron mines Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...