Australia's Iron Ore Industry: Challenges and Outlook 2024
Here's a small anecdote from WA iron ore pioneer Lang Hancock that sums up the situation well. In November of 1952, I was flying south with my wife, Hope. On going through a gorge in the Turner River, I noticed that the walls looked to me to be solid iron and was particularly alerted by the rusty colour of it; it seemed to be oxidised iron.