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Port Latta

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Circular Head Council TAS, PO Box 348, Port Latta, TAS 7321
03 6452 4800

Description

Port Latta is a locality in North West Tasmania, with a processing plant and port used to export iron ore from the Savage River mine.

Port Latta is a locality in North West Tasmania, with a processing plant and port used to export iron ore from the Savage River mine.

Ore is transported from mine to port by a slurry pipeline, which is 85 km long and paralleled by Pipeline Road. After de-watering, the ore is loaded onto ships via conveyor belts. The capacity of the mine, pipeline and conveyor belt is about 2.4MTpa.

The mine and port opened in 1967, and was still operating in 2021 with an expected life of mine to 2035 as per their 2020 yearly report.

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Type: Rural areas

Population: Zero

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.692 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 17 m

Population number: N/A

Local Government Area: Circular Head Council

Location

Circular Head Council TAS, PO Box 348, Port Latta, TAS 7321

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Port Latta, Tasmania

Port Latta - Localista

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