Dancers
Traditional dancers entertain guests at the Koolan Island signing ceremony |  |
Main Pit
The Main Pit at Koolan Island |  |
Barge & Helicopter
Barge and helicopter bring drilling supplies to Koolan Island |  |
Heavy Vehicles
Heavy vehicles arrive to begin construction of the camp. |  |
Drilling Contractor
A drilling contractor hard at work on Koolan Island |  |
Tallering Peak Operations
View of Tallering Peak operations from the top of Tallering Peak. |  |
Tallering Peak trucking fleet
Tallering Peak operates a modern mining fleet capable of maintaining production at 3Mtpa. |  |
Accommodation camp at Tallering Peak
The upgraded and expanded accomodation camp as seen from the top of Tallering Peak. |  |
Modern mining fleet
Mount Gibson Iron has recently upgraded its mining fleet of trucks and excavators to sustain increased production. |  |
Crushing plant and crushed stockpiles
Ore at the ROM pad is crushed and screened into lump or fines stockpiles. This ore is then trucked 65 kms to the Mullewa rail siding. |  |
Truck unloading at Mullewa rail siding
The side tipping trucks place the lump or fines ore on stockpiles at the Mullewa rail siding. |  |
Train arriving at Mullewa rail siding
Ore trains cycle between Mullewa and Geraldton. |  |
Loading train at Mullewa rail siding
Ore is loaded onto the trains by two front end wheel loaders. |  |
Ore train arriving at Geraldton Port
The ore trains arrive at the Geraldton Port for unloading. |  |
Train unloader at Geraldton Port
The rail contractor provides bottom dumping wagons which unload at the Geraldton Port onto conveyors which transfer the ore to Mount Gibson Iron's shed. |  |
Mount Gibson Iron's shed at Geraldton Port
Mount Gibson Iron has constructed a 150,000 tonne capacity shed at the Geraldton Port to hold the lump and fines ore before it is loaded on ships for export to China. |  |
Fines ore being loaded on ship
Ore is sold on a FOB basis and is loaded onto ships via this chute. |  |
Shiploader at Geraldton Port
The shiploader is owned by the Geraldton Port Authority who are contracted to load ships for Mount Gibson Iron. |  |
Koolan Island
First crushed ore and jetty |  |
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Crusher |  |
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Crusher and stockpiles |  |
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Crusher and warf
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First ship at jetty loader |  |
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First ore |  |
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First ore ship |  |
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First ore ship (2) |  |
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First ship and loader |  |
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First ship and shiploader |  |
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First ship at jetty loader |  |
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First ship berthed - aerial view |  |
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First ship docked |  |
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Crusher - aerial view |  |
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Koolan Island village |  |