Corporate Body

Paraburdoo Mine

From
Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia
Functions
Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
Website
http://www.hamersleyiron.com/operation.asp
Location
Paraburdoo, Western Australia

Summary

The Paraburdoo mine started operations in 1972. The mine was involved in mining, crushing, and processing of iron ore to produce lump and fines ores. The mining pits are expected to run out in 2004. In 2001 Paraburdoo Mine is wholly owned by Rio Tinto and is managed by Hamersley Iron.

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  • Schaffer, Simon, 'Keeping the Books at Parramatta' in The Heavens on Earth: Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture, AUBIN, David BIGG, Charlotte and SIBUM, H. Otto, eds (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010), pp. 118-47. Details

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Ailie Smith

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