 Cloudbreak Mine in distance - 2008 | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Cloudbreak Mine Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Shire of Ashburton, Pilbara |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 22°19′26″S 119°23′49″E / 22.323978°S 119.396942°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 40 million tonnes/annum |
| History | |
| Opened | 2008 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Fortescue Metals Group |
| Website | Fortescue website |
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The Cloudbreak mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 89 kilometres west-south-west of Nullagine, in the Chichester Range.[1]
The mine is fully owned and operated by the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and is one of four iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara, the others being Christmas Creek mine (located 50 kilometres east of Cloudbreak[2]) and the Kings Valley mine and Firetail mine at the Solomon Project.[3]
FMG is the third-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and BHP.[4]
The mine is situated within the boundaries of Mulga Downs Station which is currently owned by Gina Rinehart.[5]
- ^ MINEDEX website: Cloudbreak search result Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Miningwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ [1] Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Fortescue Metals Group, accessed: 2 January 2013
- ^ Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 Department of Mines & Petroleum, accessed: 8 November 2010
- ^ "FMG Chichester Pty. Ltd. vs Rinehart & ORS 2010 WAMW7" (PDF). Mining Warden. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.