How Australia Ships Over One Million Tons of Iron Ore Daily! 

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Welcome to part two of our series on Western Australia iron ore mining! If you haven't seen the first episode, watch it here ( • How Iron Ore Mining Wo... )!
Now that we've blasted, hauled, and sized the iron ore, it's time to transport it from the remote Pilbara mines to the sea, where it will eventually travel by ship to steel mills worldwide.
Rio Tinto operates one of Australia's largest private rail networks, with over two hundred remotely operated locomotives moving about one million tons of iron ore daily. The trains visit all seventeen of Rio Tinto's operations for loading, then haul the ore across the barren Pilbara landscape to Cape Lambert.
Once at Cape Lambert, Rio Tinto's port operation, dumpers pour the iron ore out of each car, and the precious metal is moved by conveyor to various stockpiles.
Ships arrive at both of Cape Lambert's wharves daily, where four ship loaders fill each bulk carrier with ore over roughly 24 hours.
The entire operation is INSANE, and I'm so thrilled Rio Tinto allowed us to see it all. To learn more about Rio Tinto, check out their website, linked below!
www.riotinto.c...