| Location | |
|---|---|
  Area C mine Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 22°55′12″S 118°58′28″E / 22.919955°S 118.974471°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 63 million tonnes/annum[1] |
| Financial year | 2023 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2003 |
| Owner | |
| Company | BHP (86%) Itochu (8%) Mitsui Iron (7%) |
| Website | BHP website |
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The Area C mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 92 kilometres west-north-west of Newman.[2]
The mine is majority-owned (85 percent)[3] and operated by BHP, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara. The company also operates two port facilities at Port Hedland, Nelson Point and Finucane Island, and over 1,000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara.[4] The Area C mine is part of the Mount Goldsworthy joint venture, together with the Yarrie and Nimingarra mine, with the latter two being in care and maintenance since 2014 and 2007 respectively.[3]
BHP is the second-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and ahead of the Fortescue Metals Group.[5] As of 2010, BHP employs 8,000 people in its Pilbara operations.[4]
- ^ "BHP Annual report 2021" (PDF). www.asx.com.au. BHP. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ MINEDEX website: Area C search result Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ a b BHP Billiton Annual report 2010 BHP Billiton website, accessed: 10 November 2010
- ^ a b About BHP Billiton Iron Ore BHP Billiton website, accessed: 10 November 2010
- ^ Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 Department of Mines & Petroleum, accessed: 8 November 2010