Brockman 2 mine

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The Brockman Mine is an iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 60 kilometers north- west of Tom Price. The mine is sometimes referred to as the Brockman 2 mine, to distinguish them from the new Brockman 4 mine in the Rio Tinto Group in this area.

The mine is 100 % owned by Rio Tinto Group and is one of thirteen iron ore mines that operates this company in the Pilbara region. 2009 promoted the iron ore mines of Rio Tinto in the Pilbara 202 million tons of iron ore, 15 % more than in 2008, the share of world production of iron ore from Rio Tinto in the Pilbara in 2009 was 13%.; the world production was 1.59 billion tons.

The Hamersley Range, where the mine is located, contains 80 % of the known iron deposits of Australia and is one of the largest iron ore deposits in the world.

Production

The mining operations of Rio Tinto in the Pilbara began in 1966. The Brockman Mine started its production in 1992. The mine has an annual capacity of 8.7 million tons of iron ore to be mined in the open pit. The ore is processed there before being loaded on trains from. The ore from this mine is then transported from the Hamersley & Robe River Railway to the coast, where it is loaded onto ships. Iron ore from Brockman Mine, as the range of the Mount Tom Price Mine, Paraburdoo Mine, Channar mine, Eastern Mine, Mine Marandoo and Yandicoogina mine is transported as raw fine iron product from the mines by rail to Dampier. Before it is loaded onto ships for export, it is mixed and sieved. The maximum size of iron ore pellets is 31.5 mm and the fine iron ore up to 6.3 mm.

The miners work in a 2- week change and with an aircraft and flown. In 2009, the mine 539 people, while because of the financial crisis in 2008, in 2008 only 445.

The mine is located in close proximity to Nammuldi mine which is operated by Rio Tinto.

As the Channar mine the degradation in the Brockman 2 mine during the 2008 financial crisis was set .. During the temporary closure of the monthly production of Rio Tinto fell to 1.6 million Tonnes from and there was a further reduction of production in other mines.

The Brockman 2 is owned by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, which owns six iron ore mine in the Pilbara, including the two Brockman Mines and it includes their holdings in two other iron ore mines in the region.

On 16 August 2011 saw broke into a fatal accident at the mine as a hydraulic cylinder of a front loader, then the operation for several days has been set. This was the second incident in the mines of Rio Tinto within less than three months.

Brockman 4 mine

Rio Tinto's new project, the Brockman 4 mine is located near the Brockman mine. It is a standalone mine and was opened in 2010. The construction of the mine cost $ 1.52 billion and it is to produce 22 million tonnes per year in the position., Is a planned doubling of capacity according to the plans of Rio Tinto for the Australian production of 220 million to 330 million tons per year increase.