Mount Whaleback mine

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iron ore mine open-cut mine surface mine

Mount Whaleback mine is one of the world’s largest open-cut iron ore mines, located in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

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Label	Occurrences
Mount Whaleback mine canonical	2
Mount Whaleback iron ore mine	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	iron ore mine ⓘ open-cut mine ⓘ surface mine ⓘ
commodity	iron ⓘ
contributesTo	economy of Western Australia ⓘ iron ore exports of Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
discoveredBy	Stan Hilditch ⓘ Stan Hilditch ⓘ surface form: Ted Hilditch
discoveredIn	1957 ⓘ
employmentImpact	major regional employer in Newman area ⓘ
exportPort	Port Hedland ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalManagement	dust control measures ⓘ rehabilitation programs ⓘ water management systems ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	haul roads ⓘ maintenance workshops ⓘ power supply facilities ⓘ water supply facilities ⓘ
hasPitShape	elongated ridge ⓘ
hasProcessingFacility	crushing plant ⓘ screening plant ⓘ stockyard ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo	Port Hedland ⓘ
isOneOf	world’s largest open-cut iron ore mines ⓘ
isSurfaceOperation	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ Pilbara region ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ
mineral	hematite ⓘ
miningMethod	open-pit mining ⓘ truck and shovel mining ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Whaleback ⓘ
near	Newman, Western Australia ⓘ
opened	1968 ⓘ
operatedBy	BHP ⓘ
operatorHeadquartersLocation	Perth ⓘ surface form: Perth, Western Australia
oreTransportMethod	railway ⓘ
oreType	high-grade iron ore ⓘ
ownedBy	BHP ⓘ
partOf	Pilbara iron ore mines ⓘ surface form: BHP Iron Ore operations
product	iron ore ⓘ
region	Pilbara region ⓘ surface form: Pilbara
startOfOperation	1968 ⓘ
state	Western Australia ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port Hedland → hasRailConnectionTo → Mount Whaleback mine ⓘ

Newman → foundedFor → Mount Whaleback mine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Whaleback iron ore mine

Newman → near → Mount Whaleback mine ⓘ