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Large-scale iron ore operation producing high-grade concentrate.

Continuous iron ore production

Crushing, grinding, magnetic separation

Hydraulic shovels (CAT 6060 or Terex RH340); wheel loaders (Komatsu WA-1200 and/or LeTourneau L1850 / Komatsu WE1850); haul trucks (CAT 793D/F; CAT 777); drilling rigs; excavators; articulated trucks; bulldozers; graders; utility vehicles.

Geological study of a large iron deposit; no economic study or CAPEX.

Diamond core drilling (2010 program: 42 diamond-drill holes / 9,238.3 m); mechanical trenching (~1,600 m along two grid-line sections); ground magnetometer survey; airborne magnetometer surveys; gravity + total field magnetic (TFM) surveys (incl. surveys over ice).

~500 (planned)

High-grade iron ore project evaluated at PFS level by Champion Iron.

Planned iron ore concentrate

Crushing, grinding, magnetic separation

CAT 793D haul trucks x39; P&H 320XPC production drills x4; Epiroc D65 presplit drill x1; Komatsu PC7000 hydraulic shovels x5; Komatsu WA1200 wheel loaders x5; CAT D11T dozers x5; CAT 16M graders x3; CAT 777G water truck x1; CAT 725C sand truck x2; CAT 854K wheel dozer x1; CAT D8T track dozer x1; Komatsu PC1250 excavator (stockpile reclaim) x1.

~1,500

Major iron ore operation on Baffin Island with rail and port infrastructure.

Ongoing iron ore production

Crushing, screening

Production drills (Atlas Copco DM45 equivalent) 2; Ancillary drill 1; Backhoe excavators (4.75 m³ bucket) 2; Front-end loader (6.1 m³ bucket) 1; Dump trucks (55 t) 8; Trackdozers (CAT D9 equivalent) 2; Wheeldozer (CAT 834 equivalent) 1; Grader (CAT 14 equivalent) 2; Pickup trucks 7.

Iron formation MRE; no mine plan.

Conceptual OP fleet

FS report for Scully Mine Re-start Project.

Planned production

crushing, grinding, magnetic separation

Peak onsite requirements (from equipment schedule table): 15 × 240t Mining Trucks; 2 × 100t Mining Trucks; 2 × 600HP Dozers; 2 × 350HP Dozers; 2 × Motor Graders; 1 × 500HP Wheel Dozer; 1 × Water/Sand Truck; 1 × 49t Excavator; 1 × Rock Breaker; plus loaders/drills listed with peak counts

The Chichester Hub is an integrated iron ore operation owned by Fortescue in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It comprises the Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek open pit mines, with Christmas Creek located approximately 50 kilometres east of Cloudbreak. The hub has an annual production capacity of approximately 100 million tonnes.

The Chichester Hub has an annual production capacity of approximately 100 Mt. As of June 2020, proved and probable ore reserves were estimated at 1.4 billion tonnes.

Ore from Christmas Creek is transported to Cloudbreak for blending and processing, which includes crushing, screening, scrubbing, and desanding. A Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separators (WHIMS) plant at Christmas Creek recovers an additional 10% of ore. The blended ore is then transported by railway to Port Hedland for export.

The Chichester Hub uses conventional open pit methods, including truck and shovel, surface miners, and strip mining. The haul truck fleet was converted to an autonomous haulage system by October 2020. Liebherr R 9400 E electric excavators began operating at Cloudbreak in December 2023.

Fortescue is implementing decarbonisation projects, including a 60MW solar farm for daytime operations and an additional 190MW solar farm under construction at Cloudbreak. Christmas Creek is also home to Fortescue's Green Energy Hub, which focuses on green hydrogen and green iron initiatives.

One of FMG’s Chichester Hub mines; continuous surface miners and wet processing.

Wet ore processing; OPF producing fines for rail to Port Hedland

FMG Western Hub mine with 30 Mtpa capacity and 143 km rail to Port Hedland.

Dry crushing/screening plant; rail to Herb Elliott Port

Rio Tinto’s newest Pilbara iron ore mine; high-tech autonomous haulage and processing.

Primary crushing and conveying to processing hub; rail to port

Product: Iron ore (predominantly haematite, shipped as lumps and fines) Owner/operator: Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd (Rio Tinto Iron Ore)

OP mining; crushing, beneficiation, rail and port operations

Joint venture iron ore mines in Pilbara, producing lump and fines ore.

OP mining; ore processing and rail transport

Our Iron Bridge facility produces a high-grade wet concentrate product which is transported to Port Hedland through a 135-kilometre-long specialist slurry pipeline.

Crushing, grinding, wet beneficiation and magnetic separation; concentrate pipeline to port

The Jimblebar mine is a large-scale, open-cut iron ore mine located 41 kilometres east of Newman in the Pilbara region. It is operated by BHP as part of its Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) integrated system of mines, rail, and port facilities. The operation includes the Wheelarra Hill, Hashimoto, and South Jimblebar deposits. A significant expansion, the Jimblebar Hub Combined Proposal, which seeks to merge the Jimblebar, Orebody 18, and Orebody 31 operations, has been recommended for environmental approval as of October 2025. This proposal includes developing deposits below the water table and constructing a new beneficiation plant. The proposed expansion has a project life of up to 46 years.

Production overview - 2023: iron ore 66801 kt; 2021: iron ore 67 Mt.

The mine employs conventional open-cut mining methods. Ore is processed through three primary crushers and a central Ore Handling Plant (OHP) that produces both lump and fines products. The processed ore is transported via an overland conveyor and the Mount Newman railway line to port facilities at Port Hedland. A Jimblebar Beneficiation Project, which includes a deslime plant, is planned for construction and commissioning from the third quarter of 2025 to the third quarter of 2027.

Jimblebar is home to BHP's first fully autonomous haul truck fleet. In November 2025, two Caterpillar battery-electric haul trucks arrived at the mine for on-site testing. The iron ore trains used for transport are over 2.5 kilometres long.

A significant expansion, the Jimblebar Hub Combined Proposal, which seeks to merge the Jimblebar, Orebody 18, and Orebody 31 operations, has been recommended for environmental approval as of October 2025. This proposal includes developing deposits below the water table and constructing a new beneficiation plant. The proposed expansion has a project life of up to 46 years. In October 2025, the WA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended the approval of the Jimblebar Hub expansion. The proposal covers a 24,684-hectare development envelope. In October 2024, NRW Civil & Mining was awarded a contract valued at around $109 million for development works to support sustainable production, with work expected to commence in November 2024 and finish in the second quarter of 2026.

Iron ore operations in Yilgarn region, WA; acquired from Cliffs in 2018.

OP mining; crushing and screening

Large-scale Pilbara hub; includes Firetail and Kings Valley deposits.

OP mining; ore processing; transport to Port Hedland

The mine has more than 600 ongoing operational roles. The operational workforce includes 40 per cent female and 15 per cent Indigenous staff. The project created around 9,000 direct and indirect jobs during its construction phase.

South Flank is a major iron ore mine located on the traditional lands of the Banjima people, 156 kilometres north-west of Newman. It is Australia's largest new iron ore mine in more than 50 years. The mine was developed to replace the 80 Mtpa Yandi mine, which was nearing the end of its economic life. The project had a capital expenditure of US$3.6 billion. Together with Mining Area C, it forms one of the largest operating iron ore hubs in the world, known as the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) hub, with a combined production capacity of 145 million tonnes per year. The development of South Flank was designed to increase WAIO's average iron ore grade from 61 per cent to 62 per cent.

Production overview - 2025: iron ore 80000000 t; 2024: iron ore 80 Mt.

The project includes an 80 million tonnes per annum crushing and screening plant, an overland conveyor system, and stockyard and train loading facilities. The ore is transported on trains that are over 2.5km long to Port Hedland.

The mine integrates advances in autonomous-ready fleets, digital connectivity and modular design.

Developed to replace the Yandi mine and increase the average iron ore grade of the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) hub.

Part of Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations; produces high-grade iron ore.

OP mining; ore processing; rail to port

The scaling down of operations is expected to affect approximately 850 workers, which includes 650 direct employees and 200 contractors. The Western Mineworkers' Alliance is in discussions with BHP to ensure affected members are given the choice of redeployment or a redundancy package.

The Yandi iron ore mine is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately 90 kilometres north-west of Newman. It is a large-scale, open-pit operation that has been a significant contributor to BHP's iron ore production. The mine is currently scaling down its operations as it approaches the end of its life due to the depletion of its ore body. The winding down of operations commenced in July 2021. While initial closure proposals emerged in 2017, strong demand for Yandi's low-impurity ore led to multiple life-of-mine extensions.

Production overview - 2023: iron ore 25.5 Mt; 2022: iron ore 45.8 Mt.

Ore from the Yandi open-cut mine is processed on-site. The processing involves crushing, and where necessary, beneficiation, before being blended to create high-grade hematite lump and fines products. The processed iron ore is then transported by rail to Port Hedland for export. Following the exhaustion of the Yandi ore body, parts of the processing facilities may be used to process ore from nearby Brockman deposits.

As part of BHP's decarbonisation commitments, the company has deployed its first electric excavator, a Liebherr R 9400 E, at the Yandi mine.

There are no plans for expansion as the mine is preparing for closure. Operations are planned to be scaled back over the course of 2026 before ceasing altogether. In June 2025, a proposal was submitted to the EPA to extend existing operations to mine the entire remaining Yandi orebody within the current mining lease, including new above and below water table mining, as a final phase before closure. A closure plan for the Marillana Creek (Yandi) mine has been submitted and involves the selective infilling of all pits. An award-winning rehabilitation project is underway, pioneering a Seed Production Area to cultivate native spinifex seeds for revegetation. This initiative is linked to a partnership with the Banjima Traditional Owners to create employment and training pathways in rehabilitation. In January 2026, BHP announced an agreement with Rio Tinto to explore opportunities to mine up to 200 Mt of iron ore at Yandi and the neighbouring Yandicoogina operations.