page_title: Cloudbreak mine
hierarchical_section_title: Cloudbreak mine
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Cloudbreak Mine on Fortescue Metals Group rail line south of Port Hedland, Western Australia. Not long after commencing production. August 2008.
context_page_description: The Cloudbreak mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 89 kilometres west-south-west of Nullagine, in the Chichester Range.
  The mine is fully owned and operated by the Fortescue Metals Group, FMG, and is one of four iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara, the others being Christmas Creek mine and the Kings Mine and Firetail Mine at the Solomon Project.
  Fortescue is the third-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
  The mine is situated within the boundaries of Mulga Downs Station which is currently owned by Gina Rinehart.
context_section_description: The Cloudbreak mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 89 kilometres west-south-west of Nullagine, in the Chichester Range.
  The mine is fully owned and operated by the Fortescue Metals Group, FMG, and is one of four iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara, the others being Christmas Creek mine (located 50 kilometres east of Cloudbreak) and the Kings Mine and Firetail Mine at the Solomon Project.
  Fortescue is the third-largest iron ore mining company in the Pilbara, behind Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
  The mine is situated within the boundaries of Mulga Downs Station which is currently owned by Gina Rinehart.
caption: Cloudbreak Mine in distance - 2008
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