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Iron ore

Australia’s flagship bulk export, dominated by the Pilbara but mined in several states, including magnetite and hematite systems.

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Iron ore sites — first 60

Mine · SA · 60 km NNW of Glendambo just west of the Stuart Highway

Mine · SA · Middleback Ranges, 40 km west of Whyalla on Eyre Peninsula

Mine · SA · 90 km southeast of Coober Pedy

Plus 65 more — browse the full lists on the state pages above.

Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24
Government of South Australia — SARIG major mines & quarries — licensed CC BY , retrieved 2026-08-24

Record last rebuilt from source data: 2026-08-24.

Iron ore

Iron ore sites — first 60

Abydos (Atlas Iron)

Balmoral Central (Sino Iron)

BHP Yandi

Broula

Buzzard

Cadia

Cadia Project

Campbell Town Bauxite Area

Carina Yilgarn Iron ( Polaris-Mineral Resources))

Channar JV

Chichester Hub - Cloudbreak Christmas Creek (FMG)

Christmas Creek

Cockatoo Island Iron Ore

Earl Grey

Eastern Range (Rio)

Eliwana

Ernest Henry

Hamersley Iron - Brockman No 2

Hamersley Iron - Brockman No 4

Hamersley Iron - Marandoo

Hamersley Iron - Mount Tom Price

Hamersley Iron - Nammuldi

Hamersley Iron - Paraburdoo

Hamersley Iron - Western Turner Syncline

Hamersley Iron - Yandicoogina-Junction (Rio Tinto-HIYandi)

Hamersley Iron (Rio Tinto)

Hope Downs JV

Iron Bridge Joint Venture

Iron Ore Australia

Iron Ridge (Fenix)

Iron Valley

J4-Yilgarn Iron ( Polaris-Mineral Resources)

Jack Hills

Jimblebar (BHP)

Kara Mine (Tasmania Mines)

Karara

Karara - Blue Hills

Koolan Island (Mt Gibson)

Koolanooka (Sinosteel Midwest Corp)

Middleback Range

Middleback Ranges

Mining Area C (Mt Goldsworthy JV - BHP)

Mount Dove (Atlas Iron)

Mount Jackson

Mount Moss

Mount Newman (Mount Whaleback - BHP)

Mount Webber (Atlas Iron)

Nullagine Iron

Orebody 18

Orebody 23

Orebody 25

Orebody 29

Orebody 30

Pannawonica CID (Red Hill Iron)

Pardoo-Ridley

Peculiar Knob

Phils Creek

Pilbara Iron (Rio Tinto)

Poondano (Process Minerals Int.)

Ridges

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