Australian commodity knowledge base

Australia's mining companies, mapped and explained.

Explore the operators, sites, commodities, processing routes, logistics systems, technology and workforce behind Australian mining.

Company directory

Start with the commodity, then follow the operator.

The original Pilbara iron ore company guides now sit alongside coal, lithium and gold operators. Each new profile links back to the relevant mine-to-market system.

Iron ore

Pilbara mine, rail and port systems.

Integrated bulk systems moving large tonnages from inland mines to coastal export terminals.

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BHP

Western Australia Iron Ore

Mine hubs, port and rail, financial context, technology and current projects.

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Rio Tinto

Pilbara iron ore

Mine network, four port terminals, AutoHaul rail, financial context and technology.

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Fortescue

Pilbara iron ore

Chichester, Solomon and Western Hubs, Iron Bridge, rail, port and decarbonisation work.

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Hancock Iron Ore

Roy Hill, Atlas and Hope Downs

Private-company history, mines, logistics, ownership context and autonomous haulage.

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Coal

Mine, CHPP, rail and terminal.

Open-cut and underground coal businesses linked to shared east-coast rail and export-terminal infrastructure.

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Whitehaven Coal

NSW and Queensland coal

Gunnedah and Bowen Basin operations across metallurgical and thermal coal.

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Yancoal Australia

Multi-state coal portfolio

Open-cut and underground mines, export logistics and domestic supply.

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Lithium

Mine, concentrate, port and conversion.

Hard-rock lithium operations producing spodumene concentrate for downstream chemical and battery-material customers.

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PLS (Pilbara Minerals)

Pilgangoora, Pilbara

Open-cut lithium mining, ore sorting, concentration and Port Hedland logistics.

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Liontown

Kathleen Valley, Goldfields

Underground lithium mining, processing and concentrate transport to Geraldton.

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Gold

Mine, process, doré and refinery.

High-value, low-volume systems where processing happens close to the mine and product commonly leaves as doré or concentrate.

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Northern Star

Kalgoorlie and Yandal

Major Western Australian open-pit and underground gold production centres.

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Newmont Australia

Boddington, Cadia and Tanami

Gold and copper operations across WA, NSW and the Northern Territory.

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How to read this hub

Useful context, not investment advice.

Company-level results are not the same as mine-site profit. Where operators do not publish site-level financials, we say so and use the closest audited segment disclosure.

Dates and sources are shown throughout. Market prices move continuously; live quote links take you to the exchange rather than presenting a stale number as current.