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Karara, Western Australia

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Karara, Western Australia is the locality of a new iron ore mine.

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Transport

The ore will be shipped initially by a narrow gauge railway to the existing port of Geraldton in quantities up to 10 Mtpa. When a standard gauge railway is built to a new port at Oakajee, the tonnage will increase to at least 30Mtpa.

The common part of the narrow gauge and standard gauge routes will be dual gauge.

The Karara branch junctions of the main line just north of Morawa.

A new 330kV power line has been built to connect the mine to the state grid.

Mining

The mine is operated by Gindalbie Metals Limited.

Timeline

  • In 2011, steelwork for the Karara project has been delayed by major floods in Thailand.
  • In 2014, production was increased by over 35% in the June quarter with more than 2 million tons of Iron Ore being shipped. Despite the increase the project was still not making a profit.

    • References

    Karara, Western Australia Wikipedia
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