Ranking

Largest mines by mineral resources

The 100 largest mines by mineral resources, ranked from the 453 we track in Australia. China First Iron Ore is the largest, at 6,618 Mt.

#	Mine	Location	Owner or operator	Mineral resources
1	China First Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	Mineralogy Pty Ltd	6,618 Mt
2	Robe River - Deepdale	Western Australia, Australia	Robe River Limited	6,251 Mt
3	Iron Bridge	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Magnetite Pty Ltd +1	6,197 Mt
4	Speewah Vanadium-Titanium	Western Australia, Australia	Japan Australia Fluorite Associates Pty Ltd +1	5,951 Mt
5	Sino - Cape Preston Iron	Western Australia, Australia	Mineralogy Pty Ltd	5,088 Mt
6	Solomon - Greater Solomon	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	4,150 Mt
7	Thunderbird - Kimberley Mineral Sands	Western Australia, Australia	Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd	3,472 Mt
8	Western Hub / FMG	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	2,781 Mt
9	East Pilbara Iron Ore / FMG	Western Australia, Australia	Chichester Metals Pty Ltd	2,628 Mt
10	Karara - Blue Hills / Gindalbie	Western Australia, Australia	Karara Mining Limited	2,444 Mt
11	Mount Ridley REE	Western Australia, Australia	Mount Ridley Mines Limited	2,075 Mt
12	Makanykarra	Western Australia, Australia	Atlas Iron Pty Ltd	2,020 Mt
13	Mt Gibson Iron	Western Australia, Australia	Extension Hill Pty Ltd	1,960 Mt
14	Balladonia / Tiger	Western Australia, Australia	—	1,920 Mt
15	Cape Lambert Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	MCC Australia Sanjin Mining Pty Ltd	1,915 Mt
16	Mindy Mindy	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	1,906 Mt
17	Mt Ida Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Juno Minerals Limited	1,846 Mt
18	Caravel Copper	Western Australia, Australia	Caravel Operations Pty Ltd	1,829 Mt
19	Mt Elvire - West Pilbara / API	Western Australia, Australia	Aquila Steel Pty Ltd +1	1,653 Mt
20	Marillana Creek - Yandi / BHPB	Western Australia, Australia	BHP Minerals Pty Ltd +2	1,620 Mt
21	Hope Downs Joint Venture	Western Australia, Australia	Hamersley WA Pty Ltd +1	1,573 Mt
22	Pilbara Iron (PIOP)	Western Australia, Australia	Piop Mine Co Pty Ltd	1,483 Mt
23	Lake Giles Magnetite and Ularring Hematite	Western Australia, Australia	MacArthur Iron Ore Pty Ltd	1,317 Mt
24	Southdown Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Grange Resources Ltd	1,257 Mt
25	Maitland River Magnetite	Western Australia, Australia	Leichhardt Salt Pty Ltd	1,106 Mt
26	Worsley	Western Australia, Australia	South32 Aluminium (RAA) Pty Ltd +3	1,081 Mt
27	Mt Forrest Iron	Western Australia, Australia	Yilgiron Pty Ltd	1,052 Mt
28	Cape Bougainville	Western Australia, Australia	Alcoa of Australia Limited	1,040 Mt
29	West Pilbara - Red Hill / API	Western Australia, Australia	Red Hill Iron Limited +1	984 Mt
30	Davidson Creek Hub	Western Australia, Australia	Australian Manganese Pty Ltd	953 Mt
31	Golden Mile / KCGM	Western Australia, Australia	Northern Star (KLV) Pty Ltd +1	905 Mt
32	Salmon Gums Lignite / Spitfire	Western Australia, Australia	—	875 Mt
33	Cashmere Downs	Western Australia, Australia	Mabrouk Minerals Pty Ltd	868 Mt
34	Kalgoorlie Nickel Project	Western Australia, Australia	Kalgoorlie Nickel Pty Ltd +3	854 Mt
35	Yandicoogina / HI-Yandi	Western Australia, Australia	Hamersley Iron-Yandi Pty Limited	788 Mt
36	Old Project Sites (no tenements) for Atlas	Western Australia, Australia	Alcoa of Australia Limited	696 Mt
37	Splinter Rock REE / OD6 Metals	Western Australia, Australia	Odette Six Pty Ltd	681 Mt
38	Duchess-Paradise - Fitzroy Trough Coal / Rey	Western Australia, Australia	Blackfin Pty Ltd	570 Mt
39	Magnetite Range	Western Australia, Australia	Accent Resources NL	523 Mt
40	Koolanooka & Blue Hills - Mungada / Sinosteel	Western Australia, Australia	Sinosteel Midwest Corporation Limited	498 Mt
41	Collie / Lanco	Western Australia, Australia	The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited	468 Mt
42	Yogi - Yalgoo Iron / FIJV	Western Australia, Australia	FI Joint Venture Pty Ltd	460 Mt
43	Greenbushes Lithium	Western Australia, Australia	Talison Lithium Australia Pty Ltd	457 Mt
44	Mitchell Plateau	Western Australia, Australia	—	448 Mt
45	Balla Balla Magnetite-Vanadium	Western Australia, Australia	Forge Resources Swan Pty Ltd	446 Mt
46	Australian Vanadium Project - Gabanintha	Western Australia, Australia	Australian Vanadium Limited	432 Mt
47	Telfer / Greatland Resources	Western Australia, Australia	Greatland Pty Ltd	418 Mt
48	Pilgangoora / Pilbara Minerals	Western Australia, Australia	Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd	404 Mt
49	West Musgrave	Western Australia, Australia	Wirraway Metals & Mining Pty Ltd	389 Mt
50	Western Creek - Homestead	Western Australia, Australia	Giralia Resources Pty Ltd	375 Mt
51	Range Well Nickel Laterite	Western Australia, Australia	Podium Minerals Limited	363 Mt
52	Ophthalmia	Western Australia, Australia	Brockman East Pty Ltd	341 Mt
53	Kazput	Western Australia, Australia	Black Cat (Paulsens) Pty Ltd	340 Mt
54	Darling Range / Yankuang	Western Australia, Australia	Charger Metals NL +1	330 Mt
55	Rhodes Ridge	Western Australia, Australia	SPC Blue Pty Ltd +4	328 Mt
56	Paddington - Mt Pleasant	Western Australia, Australia	Paddington Gold Pty Limited	328 Mt
57	Miaree - Kaninda	Western Australia, Australia	SQM Australia Pty Ltd +2	286 Mt
58	Honeymoon Well	Western Australia, Australia	BHP Nickel West Pty Ltd	285 Mt
59	Buckland - Bungaroo South	Western Australia, Australia	Kumina Iron Pty Ltd	283 Mt
60	Jimblebar-Wheelarra-Hashimoto / BHPB	Western Australia, Australia	BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty Ltd	281 Mt
61	Butcherbird - Yanneri Ridge	Western Australia, Australia	Element 25 Limited	274 Mt
62	Boddington Gold	Western Australia, Australia	Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd +5	269 Mt
63	Weld Range Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	Sinosteel Midwest Corporation Limited	266 Mt
64	Mt Mulgine Tungsten	Western Australia, Australia	Minjar Gold Pty Ltd	259 Mt
65	Hemi Gold	Western Australia, Australia	Northern Star (Hemi) Pty Ltd	254 Mt
66	Parks Reef	Western Australia, Australia	Podium Minerals Limited	243 Mt
67	Green Head Coal	Western Australia, Australia	—	240 Mt
68	Goldsworthy Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	BHP Minerals Pty Ltd +2	200 Mt
69	Kemerton Silica Sand	Western Australia, Australia	—	200 Mt
70	Murrin Murrin / Minara	Western Australia, Australia	Murrin Murrin Operations Pty Ltd	200 Mt
71	Bullabulling	Western Australia, Australia	Bullabulling Operations Pty Ltd	193 Mt
72	Greenbushes Tantalum	Western Australia, Australia	Talison Lithium Australia Pty Ltd	192 Mt
73	Perenjori Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	Kadji Mining Pty Ltd	192 Mt
74	Mt Gibson Gold	Western Australia, Australia	Crimson Metals Pty Ltd	189 Mt
75	Wingellina	Western Australia, Australia	Hinckley Range Pty Ltd	187 Mt
76	Kundana - White Flag	Western Australia, Australia	Kundana Gold Pty Limited	185 Mt
77	Youanmi V - Li / Diversity	Western Australia, Australia	Diversity Resources Pty Ltd	185 Mt
78	Pilbara Iron / WA Iron	Western Australia, Australia	WA Iron Pty Ltd	183 Mt
79	Julimar West	Western Australia, Australia	PBX AUS Pty Ltd	177 Mt
80	Oakover Manganese / Firebird	Western Australia, Australia	Firebird Metals Limited	177 Mt
81	Cawse	Western Australia, Australia	Crest Metals Pty Ltd +1	176 Mt
82	Apollo Hill	Western Australia, Australia	Saturn Metals Limited	174 Mt
83	Iron Valley	Western Australia, Australia	Iron Valley Pty Ltd	173 Mt
84	Yamarna - Gruyere JV	Western Australia, Australia	Gold Road (Gruyere) Pty Ltd +1	172 Mt
85	Avalon	Western Australia, Australia	Wingstar Investments Pty Ltd	170 Mt
86	East Angelas / Hancock Prospecting	Western Australia, Australia	Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited +2	162 Mt
87	West Pilbara - Mt Stuart /API	Western Australia, Australia	API Management Pty Ltd	161 Mt
88	Karlawinda Gold	Western Australia, Australia	Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd	160 Mt
89	Wuudagu Bauxite / VBX	Western Australia, Australia	VBX Limited	159 Mt
90	Huntly-Pinjarra / Alcoa	Western Australia, Australia	Alcoa of Australia Limited	153 Mt
91	Dante Cu-Ti-PGE-Au-V	Western Australia, Australia	97992001 Pty Ltd	148 Mt
92	Nullagine CID	Western Australia, Australia	FMG Nullagine Pty Ltd	147 Mt
93	Mt Weld REE / Lynas	Western Australia, Australia	Mt Weld Mining Pty Limited	147 Mt
94	Lake Way / Toro	Western Australia, Australia	Nova Energy Pty Ltd	146 Mt
95	Kathleen Valley Lithium	Western Australia, Australia	LRL (Aust) Pty Ltd	146 Mt
96	Canegrass Battery Minerals	Western Australia, Australia	Flinders Canegrass Pty Ltd +1	146 Mt
97	Tarmoola - King of the Hills	Western Australia, Australia	Greenstone Resources (WA) Pty Ltd	144 Mt
98	Gnangara Silica Sand / Heidelberg Materials	Western Australia, Australia	Heidelberg Materials Australia Pty Ltd	144 Mt
99	Angelo River Iron Ore	Western Australia, Australia	Mitsui Iron Ore Development Pty Ltd +4	140 Mt
100	Balfour South	Western Australia, Australia	Panther Exploration Pty Ltd +1	136 Mt

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

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