Mines

Mines worldwide

Rare Context lists 601 mines in the world, with 105,683 Mt of mineral resources between them. The largest is China First Iron Ore (6,618 Mt).

By country

Largest mines

Sorted by mineral resources.

Mine	Location	Owner or operator	Mineral resources
China First Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	Mineralogy Pty Ltd	6,618 Mt
Robe River - Deepdale	Western Australia, Australia	Robe River Limited	6,251 Mt
Iron Bridge	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Magnetite Pty Ltd +1	6,197 Mt
Speewah Vanadium-Titanium	Western Australia, Australia	Japan Australia Fluorite Associates Pty Ltd +1	5,951 Mt
Sino - Cape Preston Iron	Western Australia, Australia	Mineralogy Pty Ltd	5,088 Mt
Solomon - Greater Solomon	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	4,150 Mt
Thunderbird - Kimberley Mineral Sands	Western Australia, Australia	Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd	3,472 Mt
Western Hub / FMG	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	2,781 Mt
East Pilbara Iron Ore / FMG	Western Australia, Australia	Chichester Metals Pty Ltd	2,628 Mt
Karara - Blue Hills / Gindalbie	Western Australia, Australia	Karara Mining Limited	2,444 Mt
Mount Ridley REE	Western Australia, Australia	Mount Ridley Mines Limited	2,075 Mt
Makanykarra	Western Australia, Australia	Atlas Iron Pty Ltd	2,020 Mt
Mt Gibson Iron	Western Australia, Australia	Extension Hill Pty Ltd	1,960 Mt
Balladonia / Tiger	Western Australia, Australia	—	1,920 Mt
Cape Lambert Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	MCC Australia Sanjin Mining Pty Ltd	1,915 Mt
Mindy Mindy	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	1,906 Mt
Mt Ida Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Juno Minerals Limited	1,846 Mt
Caravel Copper	Western Australia, Australia	Caravel Operations Pty Ltd	1,829 Mt
Mt Elvire - West Pilbara / API	Western Australia, Australia	Aquila Steel Pty Ltd +1	1,653 Mt
Marillana Creek - Yandi / BHPB	Western Australia, Australia	BHP Minerals Pty Ltd +2	1,620 Mt
Hope Downs Joint Venture	Western Australia, Australia	Hamersley WA Pty Ltd +1	1,573 Mt
Pilbara Iron (PIOP)	Western Australia, Australia	Piop Mine Co Pty Ltd	1,483 Mt
Lake Giles Magnetite and Ularring Hematite	Western Australia, Australia	MacArthur Iron Ore Pty Ltd	1,317 Mt
Southdown Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Grange Resources Ltd	1,257 Mt
Maitland River Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Leichhardt Salt Pty Ltd	1,106 Mt

Largest mines by mineral resources

Data on this page

WA MINEDEX (DMIRS-001). WA MINEDEX (DMIRS-001), CC BY 4.0.
WA Mining Tenements (DMIRS-003). WA Mining Tenements (DMIRS-003), CC BY 4.0.