Atlas Iron is an Australian

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company and an iron ore explorer, developer and producer, predominantly active in the

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region and is owned by Redstone Resources, a fully owned subsidiary of

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.Atlas Iron

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website, accessed: 25 November 2010 The company operates three iron ore mines in

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. In 2018 Atlas will expand its operation to start processing

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in a deal with Pilbara Minerals.

Company history

Atlas was listed on the

on the 17 December 2004, under the name of Atlas Gold Limited. On 30 March 2006, the company changed its name to Atlas Iron Limited. The shares were traded under the AGO code. Atlas became Australia's newest iron ore producer when it commenced production at Pardoo in late 2008.Atlas misses out as orders dry up
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'', published: 21 October 2008, accessed: 24 November 2010 The company plans to lift production from its Pilbara operations to 12 million tonnes of iron ore by 2014. Of these, 10 million tonnes are scheduled to come from the new

Turner River The Turner River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Overview The headwaters of the river rise below Pullcunah Hill and flows in a northerly direction and crosses the North West Coastal Highway approximately south of Por ...

hub, which is to blend and process ore from the company's northern Pilbara projects, located at

Wodgina The Wodgina mine is an exhausted iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 90 kilometres south of Port Hedland. The mine was operated by Atlas Iron Limited. The facilities and tenements are shared, by contract, with Glo ...

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and Mt Webber.Atlas Iron lifts exports ahead of schedule
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'', published: 1 November 2010, accessed: 24 November 2010 In December 2010, Atlas Iron made a bid to buy

Giralia Resources Giralia Station, often referred to as Giralia, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station. It is located about south of Exmouth and north of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The homestead is about from th ...

; it may be possible to merge Atlas' Mt Webber mine with Giralia's nearby Dalton mine. Atlas entered a mine gate sale agreement with Pilbara Minerals to receive direct shipping ore from Pilgangoora in December 2017. In October 2018 Atlas was acquired by Redstone Resources, a fully owned subsidiary of

, and delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange on 21 November 2018.

Mines

As of 2021, the company operates three mines, while four previously operating mines have been shut down because the resources were depleted. The operating mines are the Mt Webber mine,

Sanjiv Ridge mine The Sanjiv Ridge mine, formerly the Corunna Downs mine is an iron ore mine operated by Atlas Iron and located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, south of Marble Bar and from Port Hedland. Ore from the mine is transported overland vi ...

(formerly Corunna Downs) and

Miralga Creek mine The Miralga Creek mine is an iron ore mine operated by Atlas Iron and located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, south-east from Port Hedland. Ore from the mine is transported overland via road train to the Utah Point Bulk Commoditie ...

, with the later commencing mining in late February 2022. The formerly operating Pardoo,

and Mt Dove mines have all been closed down.

References

External links

Atlas Iron Limited website
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