Fortescue Christmas Creek Green Metal Project

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Fortescue Christmas Creek Green Metal Project, also known as Christmas Creek Green Iron, Green Metal Project, is a steel plant in Christmas Creek, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia that operates ironmaking technology.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Christmas Creek, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia:

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• Location:
• Coordinates (WGS 84): -22.398723, 119.725896 (approximate)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Construction date	Start date	Power source	Iron ore source
2024-08	2025	Solar Power	Pilbara Iron Ore

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Fortescue Ltd	4295857514	E100001011127	Fortescue Ltd	4295857514	E100001011127

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel sector end users	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
unknown	unknown	unknown	Iron other/unspecified

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Other/unspecified iron capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
construction	1500	1500

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF	NF

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website