Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) is an integrated system of four processing hubs and five mining hubs, connected by more than 1,000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia.

Our Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) business contains 5 mines in the Pilbara region. With 5 mines, 4 processing hubs and 2 port facilities, our Pilbara iron ore business is all connected by …

The Mount Newman railway, owned and operated by BHP, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore. It is one of two railway lines BHP operates in the Pilbara, the other being the Goldsworthy railway.

BHP Iron Ore now operates only one main railway line, with the Goldsworthy line suspended, and a motive power fleet of 182 SD70ACe and SD70ACe/LCi locomotives in the Pilbara.

South Flank is Australia's largest new iron ore mine in more than 50 years. Together with Mining Area C, it will form the largest operating iron ore hub in the world producing 145 million tonnes of iron ore each year.

Apr 2, 2025 · BHP is currently the third-largest producer of iron ore and a major producer of met coal.

BHP currently operate a motive power fleet in the Pilbara with 182 locomotives based on the EMD / Progress Rail SD70ACe design with both standard and /LC 'low clearance' and later /Lci 'low clearance international' models.

5 days ago · BHP executive Rag Udd says growth in the production of electric vehicles and other machinery in China is supporting the country’s demand for iron ore.

2 days ago · The sites include Rio Tinto and BHP mines as well as Mineral Resources’ 500-strong mining camp for fly-in, fly-out workers at its Onslow iron ore project.

Apr 2, 2025 · The world's biggest listed miner BHP Group considered spinning off its Australian iron ore and coal divisions as part of a medium-term growth strategy, three sources with knowledge of the matter ...