Karara, Western Australia


Karara, Western Australia is the locality of Karara iron ore mine.

Transport

The ore will be shipped initially by a narrow gauge railway to the existing port of Geraldton in quantities up to 10 Mtpa. When a standard gauge railway is built to a new port at Oakajee, the tonnage will increase to at least 30Mtpa.
The common part of the narrow gauge and standard gauge routes will be dual gauge.
The Karara branch junctions of the main line just north of Morawa.
A new 330kV power line has been built to connect the mine to the state grid.

Mining

The mine is operated by Gindalbie Metals Limited.

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