| Location | |
|---|---|
  Jimblebar mine Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°23′04″S 120°07′23″E / 23.384341°S 120.123142°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 67 million tonnes/annum[1] |
| Financial year | 2021 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Owner | |
| Company | BHP |
| Website | https://www.bhp.com/what-we-do/global-locations/australia/western-australia/jimblebar |
| Year of acquisition | 1992 |
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The Jimblebar mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 41 kilometres east of Newman.[2]
The mine is fully owned and operated by BHP, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.[3] 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]
BHP is the second-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and ahead of 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: Jimblebar search result Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 6 November 2010
- ^ 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 website, accessed: 8 November 2010