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The West Angelas mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 110 kilometres North West of Newman.〔(MINEDEX website: West Angelas search result ) accessed: 6 November 2010〕 The mine is owned by Robe River Iron Associates (53% Rio Tinto) and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of twelve iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara.〔(Pilbara ) Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010〕〔(Mining ) Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010〕 In the calendar year 2009, the combined Pilbara operations produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore, a 15 percent increase from 2008.〔(Preparing for the future ) Rio Tinto presentation, published: 23 March 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 The Pilbara operations accounted for almost 13 percent of the world's 2009 iron ore production of 1.59 billion tonnes.〔(Global iron-ore production falls 6,2% in 2009 - Unctad report ) miningweekly.com, published: 30 July 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010〕〔(Production of iron ore fell in 2009, but shipments continued to increase, report says ) UNCTAD website, published: 30 July 2010, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 The Hamersley Range, where the mine is located, contains 80 percent of all identified iron ore reserves in Australia and is one of the world's major iron ore provinces.〔(Iron fact sheet - Australian Resources and Deposits ) Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 ==Overview== Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in the Pilbara began in 1966.〔 The mine itself began operations in 2002. The mine has an annual production capacity of 29.5 million tonnes of iron ore, sourced from open-pit operations. The ore is processed on site before being loaded onto rail.〔(West Angelas mine ) Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010〕 Ore from the mine is then transported to the coast through the Hamersley & Robe River railway, where it is loaded onto ships.〔(Rail ) Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010〕 Ore from West Angelas, like from Mesa J, is taken to Cape Lambert by rail to be exported as fines. The fines have a maximum size of 9.5 mm.〔(Iron fact sheet - Mining ) Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 The mines workforce is on a Fly-in fly-out roster.〔 In the calendar year 2009, the mine employed 989 people, an increase in comparison to 2008, when it only employed 867.〔(Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 ) Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed: 7 November 2010〕 West Angelas is the site of Rio Tinto's "Mine of the future" project. The mine operates automated trucks, automated rockbreakers, automated drills and blasts, which are controlled from a Perth operations centre rather than local operators on site.〔(Automatic Response: Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future ) mining-technology.com, published: 29 September 2008, accessed: 8 November 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Angelas mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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