region Rio Tinto's iron ore operations in the Pilbara began in 1966. Ore from the mine is then transported to the coast through the
Hamersley & Robe River railway, where it is loaded onto ships. Ore from Yandicoogina, like
Brockman,
Mount Tom Price,
Paraburdoo,
Channar,
Eastern Range and
Marandoo are transported as lump and fines ore product from the mines to Dampier via rail. Before being loaded onto ships for export, the product is blended and rescreened. The maximum size for the lumps is 31.5 mm, while the fines are at a maximum of 6.3 mm. The mine's workforce is on a
fly-in fly-out roster. From October 2015 all 22 of the ore trucks on the site, and those at the
Nammuldi mine, are remotely controlled from
Perth, away. These are the world's first two mines that have moved all their iron ore "using fully remote-controlled trucks". The mine is owned by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, which owns six mines in the Pilbara, including Yandicoogina, and partly owns two more in the region. ==References==