Data as at 18 October 2026 · from Western Australian Government registers and open data

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Yandicoogina / HI-Yandi

Yandicoogina / HI-Yandi is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Rio Tinto Ltd 100%; Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, on 1 current tenement held by HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITED. Commodities: Iron.

MINEDEX project: J00732
Stage: Operating
Owners (MINEDEX): Rio Tinto Ltd 100%; Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd
Tenement holders: HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITED
Parent groups: Rio Tinto
Commodities: Iron
Rehabilitation liability: Its rehabilitation liability is in the MCF Mining Index (subscribers): the Mining Rehabilitation Fund estimate, its trend since 2014, company provisions and closure-plan costs

Resources and reserves

Commodity	Resources	Reserves	Latest estimate
Iron	788 Mt at 60.1%, 474 Mt contained	642 Mt at 58.5%, 376 Mt contained	31 December 2016

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

Production recorded in MINEDEX

Commodity	Latest year	That year	All recorded
Iron	1999	1.9 Mt	2.0 Mt

Historical: the bulk extract's production records end in 2002.

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1246 Brockman Syncline Proposal, MS 1038 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Project – Pocket and Billiard South deposits, MS 1000 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore - Revised Proposal, MS 925 Nammuldi-Silvergrass Expansion Project, MS 914 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Project - Expansion to include Junction South West and Oxbow Deposits, MS 867 Brockman 2 Detrital Iron Ore Mine Extension Phase 2B, MS 717 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore Project, MS 558 Nammuldi—Silvergrass Iron Ore Project, 55 km north-west of Tom Price, MS 523 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Mine and Railway East Hamersley Range (s46) [1265], MS 417 Yandicoogina iron ore mine and railway, MS 131 Proposed Brockman No. 2 detrital iron ore mine

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 274SA Mining lease (State Agreement)	HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITED	Granted	18 September 2039	Iron	30,483