Mount Gibson Sea Wall

Sea water is flowing into a mine pit in western australia after a wall gave way.

Mount gibson sea wall.

High tides around the pit at the mount gibson iron koolan island mine have caused sea water to spill over a damaged. The company was forced to shut down the mine site. We produce and sell the highest grade direct ship iron ore products in australia. The bruce family recommended for you.

Loved the place but the sea wall has given way logistics supervisor mount gibson koolan island current employee koolan island wa mount gibson iron 10 december 2015 great place but the sea wall has given way so the pit is flooded and it will be at least 12 18 months before its rebuilt if they rebuild it. High tide koolan island sea wall. Mgx is an independent australian producer of high quality direct shipping grade iron ore products with assets in the kimberley and mid west regions of western australia. Sea water flowed into the mine pit after the wall gave way causing flooding of the nearby iron ore mining operation.

The main pit of the koolan island hematite operation flooded late last year after pit wall instability combined with high tide night caused a section of the wall to collapse. Atlantic ocean threatens guyana s coast. Sea defense takes a beating from waves duration. Miner mount gibson iron has announced it will spend nearly 100 million rebuilding a collapsed seawall in order to restart production at the remote koolan island mine.

Mount gibson iron is suing the engineers responsible for building the koolan island mine seawall which collapsed last year flooding the mine. Mount gibson iron has invested 170 million rebuilding the seawall to restart its kimberley coast iron ore mine. Production and sales of high grade hematite recommenced in april 2019. Mount gibson iron limited asx code.

The news has been welcomed in the west kimberley where hundreds of jobs have been lost in recent years due to a string of mine closures. Mt gibson iron s decision to spend 100 million rebuilding its koolan island project in the kimberley looks set to pay off in spades when the mine re opens early next year. The crisis resulted in mount gibson slashing the majority of its koolan island workforce.