page_title: Iron ore mining in Western Australia
section_title: Exploration
hierarchical_section_title: Iron ore mining in Western Australia / Overview / Exploration
caption_attribution_description: English: The original exploration camp at Mount Goldsworthy during exploritory drilling to prove ore reserves. The expansion of the workforce during this period necessitated the addition of "dongas" to supplement the original steel framed shed visible in the photograph that was used for accomodation as well as a works office. This photograph was taken from the knob on top of the range looking northwards. This position of the photo is on the western end of the pit that remains. See also Mount_Goldsworthy_Knob.jpg for another view looking westwards from this same location
context_page_description: Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the 2018–19 financial year, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resource production, with a value of A$78.2 billion. The overall value of the minerals and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018-19, a 26 percent increase on the previous financial year.
  Western Australia's iron ore output for 2018–19 was 794 million tonnes, a decrease of 5 percent on 2017–18. The bulk of Western Australian ore went to China, which imported 82% of 2018 production, followed by Japan with 7.5% and South Korea with 6%. The state has the world's largest reserves of iron ore with 29% of the world's iron ore, followed by Brazil with 19%, Russia with 15% and China with 12%.
  In 2018–19 the Western Australian Government received A$4.9 billion in royalties from the iron ore mining industry in the state.
context_section_description: In 2008-09, expenditure for exploration in iron ore in Western Australia increased by 33 percent compared to the previous financial year, 2007-08. The A$560million spend on iron ore exploration accounted for 45 percent of all mineral exploration expenditure in the state.
caption: Early exploration camp at Mount Goldsworthy (1964)
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