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Western Australia
The engine room of Australian mining — iron ore in the Pilbara, gold and nickel in the Goldfields, lithium, alumina and more.
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540
sites in the register
375
operating
87
care & maintenance
78
in development
The districts
Mid West
Iron, gold and mineral sands inland from Geraldton.
South West
Alumina, lithium and mineral sands south of Perth.
Gascoyne
Emerging rare-earth and gold country.
Most-recorded commodities
Operating · 375
Abra Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc Abydos (Atlas Iron) Iron ore Agnew Gold Agnew Project Gold Alec Mairs Nickel Alicia Gold Andy Well Gold Angouran Zinc, Lead, Silver Apollo - St Ives Gold Argo Gold Argyle Alluvials Diamond Athena Gold Atlas Mineral sands Axehandle Gold Bald Hill Lithium, Tantalum & niobium Baldric Gold Balmoral Central (Sino Iron) Iron ore Baneygo Gold Barnicoat Project Gold Barton - Nullagine Gold, Antimony Bellerophon Gold Bellevue Gold Beta Hunt Gold, Nickel Beyondie (Potash) Potash BHP Yandi Iron ore Bibra Gold Big Bell Gold Blackmans Gold Boddington Gold, Copper Boonanarring Mineral sands Boorara Gold Bottle Creek Project Gold, Silver Bronzewing Central Gold Bronzewing Operations Gold Brown Hill Gold Bullant Gold Bullen Gold Bulletin Gold Bullfinch Operations Gold Burgandy - Calais Gold Butterfly Gold Callisto Gold Capel Mineral sands Carina Yilgarn Iron ( Polaris-Mineral Resources)) Iron ore Carosue Dam Gold Carosue Dam Gold Carosue Dam Group - 2003 (SOG) Gold Carosue Dam Project Gold Castlereagh Gold Catherwood Gold Cave Rocks Gold Celebration Gold Centenary Gold Central Laverton Project Gold Chalice Gold Channar JV Iron ore Chatterbox Shear Project Gold Chichester Hub - Cloudbreak Christmas Creek (FMG) Iron ore Christmas Creek Iron ore Christmas Island Phosphate Cleo Gold Cockatoo Island Iron Ore Iron ore Cockburn Yandal Gold Coobina Chromium Cooljarloo (TRONOX) Mineral sands Cornishman-Glendower Gold Coy Zinc, Lead, Limestone, Hard rock & aggregate Coyote Gold Craic Gold Crown Prince Gold Cue Gold Daisy Complex Gold Daisy Mining Centre Gold Dalgaranga Gold Dardanup (Doral) Mineral sands Darlot Gold Darlot Project Gold Darlot Project Gold Deep South - Edjudina Gold Deflector Gold, Copper, Silver Devon Gold Dordie Rocks North Cobalt, Copper, Nickel Dreadnought Gold Duketon Gold Project Gold Duketon North Gold Duketon South Gold Earl Grey Iron ore, Lithium East Kundana Project Gold East Lode Gold Eastern Creek Gold Eastern Range (Rio) Iron ore Edna May Gold Edna May Project Gold El Diente Lead, Zinc Eliwana Iron ore Emily Ann Nickel, Cobalt Eneabba area (Iluka Mid West) Mineral sands Enterprise - Ora Banda Gold Enterprise - Porphyry Gold Eridanus Gold Erlistoun Gold Ewington Coal Fairplay - Fairplay Area Gold Fender Gold Fish Gold Forrestania Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Platinum group metals Fortnum Gold Fortnum (Bryah Operations) Gold Frasers - Transvaal Gold Freshwater Gold Frog's Leg Gold Gamma Gold Garden Well - Erlistoun Gold Geko Gold Genesis Gold Genesis – New Holland Gold Gibb Nickel Gingin Rare earth elements, Mineral sands Gloster Gold Golden Age - Wiluna Gold Golden Cities Gold Golden Eagle - Nullagine Gold Golden Flag Gold Golden Gate - Nullagine Gold Golden Grove Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold Golden Grove Project Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead Gossan Hill mine Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead Granny Smith Gold Granny Smith Project Gold Great Fingall Gold Green Gum Gold Greenbushes Lithium, Tantalum & niobium, Tin, Kaolin & clay Greenfields Gold Gruyere Gold GVG Gold Gwalia operations Gold Hamersley Iron - Brockman No 2 Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Brockman No 4 Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Marandoo Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Mount Tom Price Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Nammuldi Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Paraburdoo Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Western Turner Syncline Iron ore Hamersley Iron - Yandicoogina-Junction (Rio Tinto-HIYandi) Iron ore Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto) Iron ore Hamlet Gold Haoma Gold Harlequin Gold Havana - Tropicana Gold HBJ (Hampton-Boulder-Jubilee) Gold Higginsville Gold Operations Gold Hill 60 Gold Homestead Gold Hope Downs JV Iron ore Hornet Gold Huntly Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Iluka South West Province (Capel North) Mineral sands Intrepide Gold Invicta - Deakin Gold Invincible - St Ives Gold Iron Bridge Joint Venture Iron ore Iron Ore Australia Iron ore Iron Ridge (Fenix) Iron ore Iron Valley Iron ore J4-Yilgarn Iron ( Polaris-Mineral Resources) Iron ore Jack Hills Iron ore Janet Ivy Gold Jasper Hills Project Gold Jaurdi Gold Jeffreys Find Gold Jimblebar (BHP) Iron ore Jubilee -New Celebration - Harmony (2006) Gold Jundee Gold Project Gold Jundee Gold Project Gold Jupiter Gold Kalgoorlie - KCGM Gold Kalgoorlie (Super Pit) Gold Kanowna Belle Gold Kanowna Belle Project Gold Karara Iron ore Karara - Blue Hills Iron ore Karari Gold Kathleen Valley Tantalum & niobium, Lithium Keysbrook Mineral sands King of the Hills - Tarmoola Gold Koolan Island (Mt Gibson) Iron ore Koolanooka (Sinosteel Midwest Corp) Iron ore Kunanalling Gold Kundana Gold Lady Herial Gold Lake Cowan Gold Laverton Operations Gold Lawlers Project Gold Lawlers Project Gold Leonora Operations Gold, Silver Long Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum group metals Lounge Lizard Nickel Copper, Nickel, Cobalt Ludlow Mineral sands Magellan Lead Majestic Gold Mariners Nickel, Copper, Cobalt Mariners (Lake Zot) Nickel Marvel Loch Gold Marvel Loch - Jaccoletti Gold Mary Mac South Gold Maxwells Gold McLeay Nickel, Cobalt Million Dollar Gold Mining Area C (Mt Goldsworthy JV - BHP) Iron ore Moolart Well Gold Moonbeam Gold Moran Copper, Nickel, Platinum group metals, Cobalt Morgans North Gold Mount Belches MC Gold Mount Charlotte Gold Mount Dove (Atlas Iron) Iron ore Mount Jackson Iron ore Mount Magnet Project Gold Mount Marion Lithium Mount McClure Group Gold Mount Newman (Mount Whaleback - BHP) Iron ore Mount Pleasant Project Gold Mount Webber (Atlas Iron) Iron ore Mount Weld Rare earth elements, Mineral sands, Tantalum & niobium, Phosphate Muja Coal Mulline Gold Munda (Gold) Gold Mungari Gold Murrin Murrin Nickel, Cobalt, Magnesite Navajo Chief Gold Nevoria Gold Nicholas Downs Manganese Nifty Copper Nim 3 Gold Nim 4 Gold Nim 6 Gold Norseman Project Gold, Silver Norseman Project Gold, Silver North Royal Gold Norton Gold Fields Gold Norton Gold Fields Gold Nova-Bollinger Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum group metals Nullagine Au 81 Gold Nullagine Gold Project Gold, Antimony Nullagine Iron Iron ore OK Decline Gold Ora Banda Project - gold Gold Orchin and North Orchin Gold Orebody 18 Iron ore Orebody 23 Iron ore Orebody 25 Iron ore Orebody 29 Iron ore Orebody 30 Iron ore Paddington Gold Paddington Project Gold Pannawonica CID (Red Hill Iron) Iron ore Pardoo-Ridley Iron ore Paulsens Gold Paulsens Project Gold Peake Gold Penny West Gold Pering Zinc, Lead Pernatty Decline Gold Perseverance - Coolgardie Gold Perth Basin (Iluka) Mineral sands Phils Creek Iron ore Pilbara Iron (Rio Tinto) Iron ore Pilgangoora Lithium, Tantalum & niobium Pilgangoora (Altura) Lithium, Tin, Tantalum & niobium Plutonic Gold Plutonic East Gold Plutonic Project Gold Poondano (Process Minerals Int.) Iron ore Porphyry - Edjudina Gold Port Gregory Mineral sands Premier Coal Prospero Nickel Quarters Gold Raleigh - Kundana Gold Redeemer Gold Redoubtable Gold Revenge Gold Ridges Iron ore Robe River (Rio JV) Iron ore Rose West - Violet Gold Rosemont Gold Rothsay Gold Roy Hill Iron ore Rubicon - Kundana Gold Rumbles Gold Safari Bore Gold Salmon Gold Salt Creek - Randalls Gold Sandpiper Gold Sanjiv Ridge Iron Ore Iron ore Santa Gold Santa Ana Gold Scuddles Mine Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead Second Fortune Gold Shannon - Mount Magnet Gold Silvergrass (Rio) Iron ore Sinclair Copper, Nickel Sirius Gold Songvang Gold South Kalgoorlie Operations Gold South Kalgoorlie Operations Gold Southern Cross Operations Gold, Silver Southern Cross Operations Gold Southern Goldfields Gold Operations Gold Spargos Reward Gold Spinifex Ridge - hematite (Moly Mines Ltd) Iron ore St Ives Gold St Ives Project Gold Starlight - Fortnum Gold Stellar Gold Summit Gold Sunrise Dam Gold Sunrise Dam Project Gold Surprise - Yaloginda Gold Tallering Peak (Mount Gibson) Iron ore Tampia Gold Tapinos Nickel, Cobalt Telfer Gold, Copper, Silver Three Mile Hill Project Gold Thunderbird (HMS) Mineral sands Thunderbox Gold Tindals Project Gold Tooheys Well Gold Transvaal (Mt Morgans) Gold Trident Gold Trident - Higginsville Gold Triumph Gold Tropicana Gold Tropicana Project Gold Tropicana Project Gold Tuatara Gold Tuckabianna Group Gold Tutunup South/Bemax Rare earth elements, Mineral sands Tutunup South/Iluka Mineral sands Two Boys - Higginsville Gold Vazante Zinc, Lead, Silver Venus (BHP) Nickel Victor Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Copper Vivian-Consols Gold Vivian-Consols-Mudlode-Fatts Gold WAIO (BHP) Iron ore Wallaby Gold Wallbrook Gold Waroonga Gold Warrawoona Project Gold Wattle Bird Gold Waugh Gold West Angelas Iron ore West Lode - Calvert (Wiluna) Gold Western Hub Iron ore Whangamata Gold Whirling Dervish Gold White Foil Gold Williamson Gold Willowdale Bauxite & alumina Wiluna Gold Wiluna West Iron ore Windarling Iron ore Windmills Gold Wodgina Lithium, Tantalum & niobium, Tin, Sapphire Wodgina (Atlas Iron) Iron ore Wonmunna Iron Ore (MinRes) Iron ore Wonnerup (Tronox) Mineral sands Wonnerup North Mineral sands Woodie Woodie Manganese, Iron ore, Vanadium Worsley Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Yanneri Ridge Manganese Yarrie Iron ore Yoganup Group/Iluka Mineral sands Zoroastrian Gold
Care & maintenance · 87
Alliance Gold Care & maintenance Ballarat-Last Chance Gold Care & maintenance Baloo (Polar Bear) Gold Care & maintenance Bamboo Creek Gold, Copper, Silver Care & maintenance Barbara Gold Care & maintenance Bentley Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead Care & maintenance Big Blow - Coolgardie Gold Care & maintenance Black Swan Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Copper, Iron ore, Magnesite Care & maintenance Blue Hills (Sinosteel) Iron ore Care & maintenance British King Gold Care & maintenance Bronzewing Group Gold Care & maintenance Bugeye Gold Care & maintenance Burbanks Gold Care & maintenance Cannon Gold Care & maintenance Cassini Nickel, Cobalt, Copper Care & maintenance Cawse Historic Ni Mine (Central and Extended) Nickel, Cobalt, Copper Care & maintenance Challenger - Yandal Gold Care & maintenance Cliffs Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Platinum group metals Care & maintenance Coburn Mineral sands Care & maintenance Cock-Eyed Bob Gold Care & maintenance Comet Vale Project Gold Care & maintenance Cosmos Nickel, Copper, Platinum group metals, Gold, Cobalt Care & maintenance DeGrussa Copper, Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Duplex Hill South Gold Care & maintenance Federal Flag Gold Care & maintenance Frasers Gold Care & maintenance French Kiss Gold Care & maintenance Golden Dragon Gold Care & maintenance Golden Eagle (Davyhurst) Gold Care & maintenance Golden Range Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Greater Mummaloo Iron ore Care & maintenance Halleys East Gold Care & maintenance Harry's Hill Gold Care & maintenance Hermes Gold Care & maintenance Hill 50 Gold Care & maintenance Isabel Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Ivette Zinc, Lead Care & maintenance Jaguar Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper Care & maintenance Jaguar Operation Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold Care & maintenance Kirkalocka Mine Gold Care & maintenance Koolyanobbing Iron ore Care & maintenance Lanfranchi Nickel, Copper, Iron ore Care & maintenance Leinster Nickel, Copper, Cobalt Care & maintenance Lindsay's Find Gold Care & maintenance Lower Ombla Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Maggie Hays (Lake Johnston) Nickel, Cobalt Care & maintenance Manto Italia Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper Care & maintenance Matilda Mine Gold Care & maintenance McLeay + Victor South combined Nickel Care & maintenance Miitel Nickel, Cobalt, Copper Care & maintenance Milky Way Gold Care & maintenance Monty Copper, Gold Care & maintenance Morro Solar Copper, Zinc Care & maintenance Mount Cattlin Tantalum & niobium, Lithium Care & maintenance Mount Ida Project Gold Care & maintenance Mount Keith Nickel, Cobalt, Copper Care & maintenance Mount Windarra Nickel, Platinum group metals, Copper, Cobalt Care & maintenance Nickel West (BHP) Nickel, Copper, Platinum group metals, Cobalt Care & maintenance Nicolson's Find Gold Care & maintenance Northern Operations (Wyloo) Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Platinum group metals Care & maintenance Otter - Juan Nickel Care & maintenance Paulsens East Iron (Strike Resources) Iron ore Care & maintenance Penny's Find Gold Care & maintenance Phillips Find Gold Care & maintenance Porvenir Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Radio Hill Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Gold Care & maintenance Ramal Alianza Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Ravensthorpe (First Quantum Minerals) Nickel, Cobalt Care & maintenance Red October Gold Care & maintenance Rosita/Rubí Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Sand King Gold Care & maintenance Savannah Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum group metals Care & maintenance Selkirk Gold Care & maintenance Siberia Project Gold Care & maintenance Spotted Quoll Nickel, Platinum group metals Care & maintenance Teal Gold Care & maintenance The Mount Gold Care & maintenance Toromocho Copper Care & maintenance Vine Gold Care & maintenance Vivien Gold Care & maintenance Walhalla Gold Care & maintenance Water Tank Hill Gold Care & maintenance Western Tanami Project Gold Care & maintenance Whim Creek Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold Care & maintenance Widgiemooltha Gold Gold Care & maintenance Wombola Pit Gold Care & maintenance Yakabindie Nickel, Copper, Platinum group metals, Cobalt Care & maintenance
In development · 78
Armstrong Nickel In development Aspacia Gold In development Auer Rare earth elements In development Baker Area Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Platinum group metals In development Bald Hill Rare earth elements, Tantalum & niobium In development Bidaminna Mineral sands In development Blue Spec Gold, Antimony In development Brightstar (Laverton) Project Gold In development Buckland Hills Iron ore In development Butcherbird Manganese In development Caravel Copper-Molybdenum Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver In development Castle Hill Project Gold In development Castle Hill Stage 1 Gold In development Castle Hill Stage 3 Gold In development Cork Tree Well Gold In development Cummins Range Rare earth elements, Uranium In development Cyclone Mineral sands In development Eagle Gold In development Emperor Graphite In development Eureka - Bardoc Gold In development Evelyn (Liberty-Indee) Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead In development Feysville Gold In development Fraser's Rare earth elements In development Gabanintha Vanadium, Mineral sands, Iron ore, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper In development Gillett Nickel In development Governor Broome Mineral sands, Rare earth elements In development Gum Creek (Horizon Gold) Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver In development Havieron Gold, Copper In development Hawk Gold In development Howards - Gum Creek Gold In development Hyperno-Reliance Gold In development Julimar Copper, Platinum group metals, Gold, Cobalt, Nickel In development K2 Gold In development Kailis Gold In development Kalpini Gold In development Katanning Project Gold In development Kingfisher Gold In development Koodaideri (Hamersley Iron) Iron ore In development Kookynie Gold Project Gold In development Lady Harriet System Gold In development Lady Shenton System Gold In development Link Zone Gold In development Lord Byron Gold In development Makuutu Rare earth elements In development Mandilla Gold In development Marillana Iron Ore (Brockman Mining) Iron ore In development Marymia Gold Project Gold, Silver In development McIntosh Graphite Graphite In development McLaren Mineral sands In development Mons Cupri Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold In development Mount Edwards Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Iron ore In development Mount Mason Iron ore, Magnesite In development Mulga Rock Uranium, Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc, Copper In development Nebo-Babel Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Gold, Silver In development Quicksilver Nickel-Cobalt Laterite Nickel, Cobalt In development Ravensthorpe Gold Project Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver In development Rebecca Gold In development Roe Gold In development Salt Creek Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold In development Simon's Find Rare earth elements, Tantalum & niobium In development Speewah Valley Fluorite In development Sulphur Springs Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold In development Swan Gold In development Swiftsure & Tiptoe Gold In development Victory Bore Vanadium Vanadium, Mineral sands, Bauxite & alumina, Iron ore In development Wahoo Graphite In development Wedge Gold In development West Musgrave Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Gold, Silver In development Widgie 3 Nickel, Cobalt, Copper In development Widgie Townsite Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Iron ore In development Wiluna uranium project Uranium, Vanadium In development Windimurra (Atlantic) Vanadium, Iron ore, Mineral sands, Platinum group metals, Chromium In development Yandanooka Mineral sands In development Yangibana Rare earth elements In development Yangibana North Rare earth elements In development Yangibana Project Rare earth elements, Tantalum & niobium In development Yogi-Yalgoo Iron ore In development Youanmi Gold In development
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