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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Tom Price / Rio Tinto

Tom Price / Rio Tinto is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 100%, on 3 current tenements held by HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED. Commodities: Iron, Manganese.

MINEDEX project: J03928
Stage: Operating
Owners (MINEDEX): Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 100%
Tenement holders: HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED
Parent groups: Rio Tinto
Commodities: Iron, Manganese
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	—	302 Mt at 62.1%, 188 Mt contained	31 December 2020

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	1988	24.7 Mt	365 Mt
Iron ore	1987	28.6 Mt	28.6 Mt

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

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1248 Hope Downs 2, MS 1246 Brockman Syncline Proposal, MS 1195 Greater Paraburdoo Iron Ore Hub Proposal, MS 1031 Western Turner Syncline Iron Ore Project - Revised Proposal, MS 1025 Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine, 75 Km North-West of Newman Pilbara Region - Baby Hope Proposal, MS 1000 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore - Revised Proposal, MS 946 Western Turner Syncline Stage 2 – B1 and Section 17 Deposits, MS 925 Nammuldi-Silvergrass Expansion Project, MS 867 Brockman 2 Detrital Iron Ore Mine Extension Phase 2B, MS 854 Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine, MS 807 Western Turner Syncline - Section 10 Iron Ore Mine, MS 717 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore Project, MS 558 Nammuldi—Silvergrass Iron Ore Project, 55 km north-west of Tom Price, MS 514 West Angelas Iron Ore Project, MS 131 Proposed Brockman No. 2 detrital iron ore mine, MS 16 Channar Mining Project, Hamersley Range

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
ML 4SA Mineral lease (State Agreement)	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	24 March 2028	Iron, Manganese	80,523
L 47/136 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	10 March 2047	Iron	106
L 47/206 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	14 November 2028	Iron	1,363