Jun 28, 2021 In October 2000, the company announced the acquisition of mining tenements on Cockatoo Island and Irvine Island previously held by Pluton Resources. Cockatoo Island Mining is developing the tenements on Cockatoo Island, where about 44 million tonnes of iron ore has been mined and exported since the 1940s

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Aug 09, 2021 Pearl Gull hoping to revive Cockatoo Island. IF it is successful with its float, Alex Passmore’s Pearl Gull Iron will be funded for the exploration of high-grade iron ore on Cockatoo Island, one of the richest hunting grounds for the commodity. The island, off Western Australia's Kimberley coast, has spent the better part of a decade since

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Perth-based Pragma Lawyers director and dispute resolution expert Aaron McDonald discusses a new iron ore mine located on Cockatoo Island, about 2,000 kilometres north of Perth

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Oct 29, 2020 Cockatoo Island mine gets new owner. Save articles for future reference. A private Hong Kong-based entity is purchasing a high-grade iron ore mine on Cockatoo Island from its former owner, Pluton Resources

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Mar 12, 2021 Hong Kong-based Cockatoo Island Mining has been granted a lease until 2032 to mine iron ore on the Island The federal government as well the Defence Department are said to have concerns about the

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Nov 03, 2014 The West Australian reported that mining contractor Watpac has suspended operations on the high-grade Cockatoo Island iron ore mine with 60 workers stood down, as receivers were appointed by the

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Mining contractor Watpac has resumed limited-scope works at the Cockatoo Island iron ore mine in Western Australia under the direction of Pluton Resources’ receiver KordaMentha. Watpac halted work last Friday over Pluton’s financial troubles and disputed Cockatoo Island JV interests but says it hopes for agreement with KordaMentha to resume

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Jan 11, 2015 Cockatoo Island is logistically simple, with ore able to be taken straight from the mine and loaded on to a ship, while its position off WA’s north offers shorter shipping times to Asia than

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Nov 10, 2021 The company is exploring for high grade extensions of the Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off WA’s north coast. While iron ore prices have worked against the explorer it has had a bit of joy, striking grades of as high as 69.5% iron ore (well above standard pricing indices) in drilling so far at its Switch Pit prospect

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Stunning Cockatoo Island, part of the Buccaneer Archipelago, off the west coast of Australia boasts untouched, rugged landscapes of dazzling colour, astonishing marine life and some of the world’s finest silica beaches and bays. Neighbour to the spectacular ‘Horizontal Falls’, Cockatoo Island offers the very best in remote custom holiday

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BHP subsidiary Australian Iron & Steel commenced open-pit mining operations on Koolan and neighbouring Cockatoo Island in 1951, shipping ore on company-owned ships to Port Kembla. By 1963 it had established substantial mining operations there

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Dec 17, 2020 Iron Ore. Iron Ore has been a valuable mining commodity with ore bodies on the Kimberley islands in the Buccaneer Archipelago of a very high grade. Pluton Resources Cockatoo Island ceased production in 2015 (due to insolvency) and ore pit filled with seawater in October 2016 after the power supply for the de-watering pumps was discontinued

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At Cockatoo Island, BHP completed mining and direct ore shipping in 1986. To the north and east of the mine within the area covered by Pearl Gull’s M04/235 several low-grade dumps were created as a result of stockpiling when BHP mined the main Cockatoo Island pit. In 1991 M04/235 was granted to Nugold

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The Cockatoo Island iron ore mine located in the Kimberley of Western Australia has had a history of instability related to critical seawall infrastructure over the last 15 years. This is in part due to the challenging setting of excavating an open pit directly adjacent to the sea

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Cockatoo Island is one of three islands that comprise the Kimberly Iron Ore Hub (KIOH) in Yampi Sound. Iron ore mining has been taking place in Yampi Sound for over 60 years with mining giant BHP Billiton having commenced production there in 1951. It was also the place from where the first iron ore was exported from Australia to overseas countries

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The new owner of the Cockatoo Island iron ore mine off Western Australia’s north-west coast has refuted reports it has links to China and says its ‘sole intention’ is to bring the mine back

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Jul 06, 2018 It's the iron ore mine that has spent more time under water than in production. The Cockatoo Island mine sits off the remote West Kimberley

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Mar 12, 2021 The island, which boasts an airstrip, was mined for iron ore by BHP from the 1950s to the 1980s and was briefly home to a four-star tourist resort

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Mar 24, 2007 A video of the seawall being built so iron ore mining can continue below sea level

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Mar 11, 2021 In October, the private Hong Kong-based entity was announced as the new owner of abandoned iron ore operations on Cockatoo Island in WA's Kimberley region, next to the Yampi Sound Defence Training

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