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While many companies have touted the speed of their developments in recent times, few would come close to the speed with which the iron ore players developed the Pilbara in the 1960s. <b>By John McIlwraith</b>

Noel Dyson
But for a payphone and some coins, Mt Newman may never have been developed.

But for a payphone and some coins, Mt Newman may never have been developed.

It was not just creating the mines. Ports, railway lines, even entire towns had to be created. In fact, early explorers who found iron ore in the Pilbara dismissed it as too inaccessible to ever be mined....

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