Asset Report
Hamersley - Yandicoogina iron ore mine
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Report summary
Yandicoogina is a conventional open cut iron ore mine located approximately 90 kilometres north-west of Newman. It produces 57 Mtpa making it one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. It is Rio Tinto's lowest cost mine due to its scale, low strip ratio, high mass recovery and simplicity of the orebody. But it also produces the lowest Fe grade product of Rio Tinto's iron ore mines.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key issues
Tables and charts
This report includes 13 images and tables including:
- Hamersley- Yandicoogina Emission Intensity Quartile ranking – Total global production- Tonnes of ore
- Detailed map
- Participation
- Marketable reserves (at 01/01/2024)
- Production
- Production
- Operations
- Infrastructure
- Cash costs
- Cash Costs
- Capital costs
- Product quality
- Economic assumptions
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