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Baptism of fire for Tad's pink wet high intensity magnetic separator plant

WESTERN Australia iron ore miner Roy Hill has unveiled its new, upgraded wet high intensity magnetic separator plant on site in the Pilbara -dubbed the Watroba plant by chairwoman Gina Rinehart in honour of fellow Hancock Prospecting board member Tad Watroba.

 Rinehart and Watroba at the ceremony

Rinehart and Watroba at the ceremony

The plant uses magnets to recover high grade ultra-fine iron ore from tailings, which would otherwise end up as waste. The plant, painted bright pink, was built in late-2019. It uses two types of...

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