Iron Ore & Export Corridor

A 30 Mtpa planning concept connecting resource extraction, ore preparation, heavy-haul logistics, stockyards and deep-water export.

• Resource domains, geometallurgy and mine sequencing aligned with saleable-product quality and production continuity.
• Crushing, screening and beneficiation selected according to ore characteristics, recovery and impurity management.
• Heavy-haul road or rail, transfer stations and stockyard systems sized around mine output and port capacity.
• Shiploading, berth, channel and stockpile design coordinated with vessel classes and customer delivery windows.

Resource confidence, product quality and corridor reliability form the core of the technical programme.

• Drilling, sampling, geological modelling, resource classification and metallurgical variability programmes.
• Pit optimisation, geotechnical and hydrogeological studies, waste strategy and progressive rehabilitation planning.
• Process testwork, water balance, power supply, materials handling, maintenance and autonomous-systems assessment.
• Rail or road alignment, port geotechnics, marine studies, weather resilience and integrated throughput simulation.

Competitiveness is determined by delivered product quality, mining and processing intensity, corridor cost and sustained utilisation.

• Benchmark and realised-price modelling by iron content, impurities, moisture and customer blending value.
• Life-of-mine production schedules linked to strip ratio, recovery, infrastructure capacity and sustaining capital.
• Shared or dedicated infrastructure options assessed against control, tariff, schedule and expansion value.
• Sensitivities include grade, recovery, mine movement, energy, logistics, freight, exchange rates and ramp-up performance.

The corridor advances through resource, approvals, Traditional Owner engagement, infrastructure and customer workstreams.

• Resource drilling, study progression and product-sample qualification with target customers.
• Traditional Owner agreements, environmental assessment, heritage management and statutory approvals.
• Access and corridor agreements, engineering, long-lead strategy, construction packaging and commissioning sequencing.
• Offtake, strategic-partner alignment, project finance, operating model and workforce mobilisation.