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The Yarrie mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 90 kilometres north-east of Marble Bar.〔(MINEDEX website: Yarrie search result ) accessed: 6 December 2010〕 The mine is majority-owned (85 percent)〔(BHP Billiton Annual report 2010 ) BHP Billiton website, accessed: 6 December 2010〕 and operated by BHP Billiton, and is one of seven iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara. The company also operates two port facilities at Port Hedland, Nelson Point and Finucane Island, and over 1,000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara.〔 The Yarrie mine is part of the Mount Goldsworthy joint venture, together with the Area C and Nimingarra mine, with the later being in care and maintenance since 2007.〔 BHP Billiton is the second-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and ahead of the Fortescue Metals Group.〔(Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest 2009 ) Department of Mines and Petroleum website, accessed: 6 December 2010〕 As of 2010, BHP employs 8,000 people in its Pilbara operations.〔(About BHP Billiton Iron Ore ) BHP Billiton website, accessed: 6 December 2010〕 On February 25, 2014, BHP Billiton announced it was suspending iron ore output at Yarrie indefinitely in a drive to cut costs.〔http://www.metal.com/newscontent/57875_bhp-to-suspend-iron-ore-output-at-yarrie-indefinitely〕〔http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/21702708/bhp-calls-halt-at-yarrie/〕 ==Overview== The first iron ore mine in the Pilbara to develop was the Goldsworthy mine in 1965 and a railway line, the Goldsworthy railway, as well as port facilities at Finucane Island were constructed. On 1 June 1966, the first shipment of iron ore from the Pilbara left on board of the ''Harvey S. Mudd''.〔(History of the Iron Ore Industry and the Pilbara ) BHP Billiton website, accessed: 6 December 2010〕 The Yarri mine opened in December 1993.〔''The Australian Mines Handbook 2003-04'', page: 245〕 A number of iron ore mines have been operating in this area, along the Goldsworthy railway, among them the Goldsworthy, Nimingarra and Shay Gap mines, but of those, only Yarrie still remains active. The fixed plant at Yarrie, capable of producing 8 million tonnes of ore per annum, has been placed in care and maintenance as well, with only a smaller, mobile plant now operating at the mine.〔 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「Yarrie mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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