Original article by Peter de Kruijff
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 24-Jul-24

Western Australia’s mining industry has been a key source of the nation’s economic wealth, particularly iron ore mines in the Pilbara. A research team has concluded that these iron ore deposits formed between 1.4 and 1.1 billion years ago during the formation of a supercontinent called Rodinia; their findings are based on analysis of drill cores supplied by Rio Tinto from nine deposits in the Pilbara’s Hamersley province. The team’s findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science; lead author Liam Courtney-Davies says the research could assist mining companies in locating high-grade ore resources in the Pilbara.

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