I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the Rio Tinto Port. A few interesting facts and photos below.
The Dampier Port ships 110,000,000t of iron ore per year. It comprises two car dumpers, four stackers, three reclaimers, four shipping berths and two ship loaders.
Operates 24 hours a day 365 days per year and takes incoming ore from Rio’s 11 mines in the Pilbara and blends them to provide a consistent product of ore at 62% iron. This is achieved by layering the different types of ore on top of each other vertically from the stackers so when reclaimed horizontally by the reclaimers it gets blended.
Rio maintains all the machinery themselves with nearly 150 maintenance staff.
