Port Latta, Tasmania Explained

Port Latta
Coordinates:-40.852°N 145.381°W
State:tas
Type:other
Lga:Circular Head Council
Pop:0
Near-Nw:Stanley
Near-N:Bass Strait
Near-Ne:Bass Strait
Near-E:Rocky Cape National Park

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.[1] The capacity of the mine, pipeline and conveyor belt is about 2.4MTpa.

The mine and port opened in 1967,[2] and was still operating in 2021 with an expected life of mine to 2035 as per their 2020 yearly report.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-11/port-latta-iron-ore-wharf/5311882 Conveyor belts
  2. http://www.pipeliner.com.au/news/the_savage_river_slurry_pipeline/054155/ Pipeliner