South Korean builder Samsung C&T said Dec. 10 that a total of 100,000 tons of iron ore from the Roy Hill mine in Australia were loaded on a ship at Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. According to the company, the first shipment of iron ore excavated from Australia's Roy Hill iron ore mine was made 32 months after the company began constructing infrastructure for the mine.
In 2013, the company won the contract to construct infrastructure for the Roy Hill iron ore mine. The builder has been constructing the mine's processing plant facilities (capable of processing 5,500 tons of iron ore per annum), a 347-kilometer railway line linking the mine to the port and port facilities (capable of handing 12,700 tons per hour) since it clinched the deal with Roy Hill Holdings.
For the past 32 months, 2,400 workers and 2,000 pieces of construction equipment have been mobilized to carry out one of the world’s largest mine infrastructure projects. The company also said 300,000 tons of various construction materials were used in buiding infrastructures for the mine.
“It’s a great pleasure for Samsung C&T to witness Roy Hill make its historic 1st shipment of iron ore against all odds. We will build up trust with Roy Hill and the local community by successfully completing the project,” Samsung C&T president and CEO Choi Chi-hun said during a celebration for the first iron ore shipment in Australia.
