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Port Latta is a port in northern Tasmania used to export iron ore from the Savage River mine.
Map of Port Latta TAS 7321, Australia
Ore is transported from mine to port by a slurry pipeline. This pipeline is 85 km long.
The mine and port opened in 1967, and was still operating in 2011.
After de-watering, the ore is loaded onto ships via conveyor belts.
The capacity of the mine, pipeline and conveyor belt is about 1MTpa.
The slurry pipeline is paralleled by a road called Pipeline Road.
References
Port Latta, Tasmania Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA