Karara Mine

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Karara Mine is an iron ore mine operating in Rothsay, Western Australia, Australia.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the mining asset in Rothsay, Western Australia, Australia:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): -29.187500, 116.774400 (exact)

Iron Ore Mine Details

Table 1: General Mine Details

Mine status	Start date	Stop date
Operating	2003	–

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Ansteel Group Co Ltd [52.2%]; Gindalbie Metals Ltd [47.8%]	E100000124667 [52.2%]; E100002002906 [47.8%]	Karara Mining Limited [100%]	E100002002905 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacity and Reserves

Design capacity (thousand metric tonnes per annum)	Total reserves (thousand metric tonnes)	Total resource (thousand metric tonnes)
8000	unknown	1854000

Table 4: Production Details (thousand metric tonnes per annum)

Production year	Iron ore mined
2022	7500
2023	unknown

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Additional data

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