Australia's Billion Dollar Iron Mine Business | Big Australia | Spark
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Love spark. Great documentaries with 30 less commercials then other documentaries on you tube
This is just a really feel good documentary. Maybe a little generalized but Australians seem like very easy going, happy people. The mines are so incredible.
Are you the ROCKKKKKK???!?!?!?!??!?!
What the hack are you talking about? ???
"A very special rock" sums it up beautifully.
....and I cycled the coast line in 2009...was the best adventure so far in my life...amazing country.
Did you cycle the 'region of the coast' or like the entire nation's coast line? :o Edit: Either Way, amazing no matter your answer, it's a bloody amazing country, I have to remember more how blessed I am to have been born & live here :)
Respect to all hard working Australians from England! All the best. Some great music on this episode by the way. Listening in the background. Such as @ 37:15. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for uploading this - I'm writing a story based on Australian mining and this is a great starting point for information. Cheers.
Wonderfull video as always. Very inspireing
Thanks for this fantastic video. I am thinking its such an adventure...
this is some old material from mining boom that was in Australia about 7 years ago. first mine that they show is Wodgina mine which was iron ore mine and is closed since 2017
Yep. Spark putting their name on other peoples docos... cant make anything worth watching so they steal content instead
Over all the mining boom is considered to be over yet more mines are operating and more people are employed then at the hight of the boom. The difference is that the money they make is still good it's just not as good as it was but the boom still not over really but the government also didn't get the mining tax on which would have made Australia 500billion by now but people think it would have crippled the industry somehow, even though Norway did it with there oil and have made 1.1trillion missed opportunity Australia.
@@brianlong2334 mining is already taxed to the teeth, what are you on about 😂
@@tasmanmcmillan1777 No it's not mate, the mining tax never made it thanks to some clever companies talking shit to there imployees. But there was one a smaller one put forward for iron ore and coal something like 30% when they reach over 75million in profits a year. The average person pays about 23%. Edit as a comparison the Norway oil pay 70% to 80%. That's also why they have saved 1.1trillion.
@@brianlong2334 ur probably right..... but there’s a slight difference between iron and oil
No talk about geology, technology, and not much about mining. Just a company’s promotional video with a happy face on every thing.
Was watching mining then I was watching horse racing ?😂
amazing video!!
Mining supports our way of life! Great to see the industry booming in Australia
10:51 This man loves the bush!
thank you for great detail video
ALLG
Love the channel
Sun: Is blasting absolutely as hard as it can Excavator @ 4:15: Has work lights on
fantastic stuff
Iam Shawn pennant from Jamaica I love watching you show
I use to work at Wodgina back very 2000's when We were mining Tantalum
Why would you leave average pay was 100 k
@@joeaerenga170 moneys not everything lad
Wodgina was a Tantalum mine before Iron ore. Sons of Gwalia. Old "J " block In Camp, the memories .
Good doco. I quite fancy working in the mines. I worked offshore in the Northsea for years and also offshore and onshore in NZ. Living in NZ now, but love Aussie. Spent 4 years there during the 90's. Only thing I'd need is my NZ Passport, then I could work in Aussie. I also love the desert. NZ is the opposite. Greenery everywhere here. but no dangerous Snakes here. I'm a sparky, but to be honest, I'd give it up and drive one of those giant trucks. That would be very cool.
Fantastic documentary! Well done again Spark!
It's not their Documentary. Its like all their content it is someone else's. This Film is almost 20 years old. The first Mine they showed was shut down 5 years ago. The mining industry is decreasing in Australia.
Mark Thomas well boo fcking hoo. Sounds like the mine lifetime is right on par with production.
@@Reasonist. Feel better now Champ.
Mark Thomas Uhh, what were you adding to the conversation? Oh that’s right, useless critique.
@@Reasonist , Just proved my point.
Excellent, keep up the great work. No mining in this country means we all go BROKE!
A lot of ejection from that blast - fly-rock and stemming to the moon :)
That's typical of most Pilbara iron ore sites. You'll see more bad shots than good ones. It's just a waste of drilling time and equipment and a waste of explosives.
I been to wogina iron ore mine way back in 2010 for giving them filtered water dispensers business through cool clear
50c wow buddy done well mate
that one is boring. Could be easily compressed to a 5 min video.
We love Australia
I installed Open Pit Blast hole drills in AU back in the 80, 13 trips in.
NOONE CARES
@@jordangao7780 stfu
When an Aussie tell you what’s going on . You gotta believe him/her . Great people great country
NO
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WTF?!?!?! .....Atlas Iron - Wodgina Mine Site has been closed for the last 5 years ..i hope they do come back though...great company from what i have heard, Pro-Tip: ... Pardoo Roadhouse Beef Gravy Roll ...a definite must
How old is this video anyone no.
Ah my lovely country
"Whats going on in China is amazing, our iron ore is building houses and cars" don't forget the tanks, warships and missiles soon to be aimed at you.
1 of the country i want to travel and love..say hai from malaysia people😘😘
are you gonna cry about it
@@lognan9077 yes
All that and China still doesn't have a chance lmao
Still waiting
Ok. This time I’m first to have my interest Sparked !
great!
"Whats happening in china is an amazing story" Then shows a clip of bali indonesia.
Some said what's happening in China was amazing. I've always thought it worrying. A corrupt criminal regime such as the CCP is never happy with what they have. They inevitably begin to covet their neighbors resources and land. Before you know it they are on the march. China becoming more wealthy only provides a means to their ends.
Agreed. Allowing China to grow at all was a huge mistake. We, (the US) should have never allowed businesses to go to China in the first place
@The Random Guys {LarY} but that porridge can be eaten, and turned into shit. You can laugh for now, but will you laugh last?.
@@kaziwill blame the american businesses, it is them who contract the job to get more profit.
@The Random Guys {LarY} China is still ( and always be) up to US and the rest of developed countries. Once they decide to cut them off - they are back to ice age
Very beautiful place
I lived in the upper peninsula of Michigan where iron ore mining is still happening and in northern Minnesota. I hope that in Australia the miner's do not have air conditioner :)
When an Aussie tell you what’s going on . You gotta believe him/her . Great people great country
@@roxanasharleen1520 and racist as fuk aye the white australians that is
looks a good mining site ,, at the end of December 1968 i went up to mt Newman working as a plumber ,the construction camp was good the work was ok i left newman in mid october 1969 ..
I am passionate about Australia, I hope one day to visit that wonderful country. I would love to visit an iron ore mine in the Pilbara sometime. Congratulations for the videos! Greetings from Asunción, Paraguay!
its also steel going in to tanks and warships :O oh dear that did not age well..
What a great story. Its certainly sparked my interest
Gawd! 10 mins in and I had to stop. As a former Karratha resident and surveyor this Atlas advert made me want to vommit. I've surveyed Wodgina Tantalum mine back in the early-mid nineties, long before FIFO stuffed up the joint, when the Pilbara was an unforgiving adventure. Oh! and no mobile phones, internet or dongas with ensuites ;)
Hasn’t been a boom in years ya muppets. And when their is the profits go overseas
yes the area was unforgiving , i went to mt newman in december of 1968 no radio or tv, you worked a ten hour day for 6 days and a 8 hour day on sunday the camp was good, plenty of good food ,i worked their as a plumber one of five plumbers it was a good time there,i left mt newman in october 1969 i have regards for the pilbara and of wa.....
Well Atlas is now owned by Gina Reinahrt
Maybe outlet should make their own Foundry
Whoever did the soundtrack for this is an absolute genius. Why are they wearing safety helmets? There is nothing going to fall on their heads.
The sky is gonna fall is you listen to work safe.
Keeps the heat in 👍
Helps remind you that there is something above
on the other end of the scale we have an iron ore mine in an opposite climate on opposite ends of the globe called Baffinland in Nunavut. Canada. A very large scale mine that also must transport the ore overland to a shipping port where it heads overseas. biggest difference is we have to wear more than a tshirt outside.
"I love the bush" * cuts to shots of the vast expanse of breathtaking Australian bush that his company is responsible for destroyoing.
Yeah that amused me. "I love the bush" but only because I get to destroy it for profit and the government doesn't care.
If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined!
wonderful attitude, thats something we have lost here in Canada..... doing it for the country! So many here have become ME Me's and are compromised by self interest. The attidude is worth more than the iron ore.
Thats why I packed my bags and moved to Straya, I love it here. Come here too lol.
24:17 there it's a cross , just after the ambulance pass , talking about safety !!!
13:06 "And then there's the reserves." As he signals to the rest of Australia.
Nice video. Obviously a marketing tool for Atlas Mining, but good on them. I'd work for them in a second. Some of the dumbest comments ever read on KZhead though. That's saying something. I wish this company all the best.
Yeah, don't know what is going on with the comments
Not to be too critical of what was a good video. If a little outdated. Just one small note the Capital of Australia is Canberra not Sydney though some would like give the impression that it is.
22junho2021, terça-feira, 20h55, 🇧🇷 Assisti primeira vez este video. Hoje. Muito legal. Cenas reais.
What towns and suburbs in the pilbara region that still do mining?
One big PR video for Atlas mining!!
please tell me if a foreigner without Australian work experience will be hired? Work experience I have IN RUSSIA !? thank
@@IvanIvanow96 I don’t think so … you will need a sponsor to get a work visa … and I can’t imagine a company ( or this company ) would do that. This jobs can be filled with Aussie because they are high paid they don’t need foreigners.
Not sure why you have the founder of Atlas on, as the company was bought out by Gina Reinhart and Fortescue Metals.
Because it’s old documentary “ refreshed “ from Spark
That Cup Race was 2012 =D ....good ol'e days
Does anyone know the grade of the ore?
At one point in the video-fairly early on, I think-a figure of 62.5% was mentioned: quite a decent grade.
Why'd the close?
Good conditions fo new generation
40:40 what clutch?
THat day at the races looked like an absolute nightmare.
Amused me that the only entertainment of value for an entire town seems to be gambling and drinking. Such a family friendly place....
It's amazing what can the human brain do
As a previous earth works heavy machine operator eg smaller dumpies water carts and excavators I'm definitely interested
You guys need to get some rare earth experts on board as part of your team. You may have some rare earth components or minerals there that are worth hundreds of times more than the iron or you’re getting out of the ground.
NO WE SHOULD NOT
@@jordangao7780 I mean this guy was spamming roxana below said the same thing its bots dude lol.
they are doing that Michael
This is where the iron bank came from
جميل روعه
Hey all you out there working loving it yes...but I would love to get some of that work too how can I get a JOB THERE???????
The owner loves the Bush Like hell does he just check out the environmental issues
I wish we could buy work trucks like the Toyotas and Nissans in this film here in America.
Asian marketing helped I am shure
Are they stilling mining, as there stock price is almost zero. Like 5 cents a share.
That drop at 1:47 tho
Watched 14 mins. then gave up. Uninteresting programme and lacks substance .. it's all about this one company blowing its own trumpet, (at least for the first 14 mins), .. a video business plan designed to impress is what one could call this programme but falls short if that's the case.
Should be re tilteled to Atlas promotion/propoganda video
You made it that far? Yep, a promo vid indeed.
Wonder what would happen to all the ore in the event of an E.M.P? :) hahaha
NOTHING
It’s a pretty special rock lmao
Good history lesson, shows how the others are working.
Electricity wires are not made from Iron, sorry mate.
Oh my God Yes ' Iron Ore is what caused the Industrial Age to boom around 1857 , Iron Ore is what makes it possible for cities to grow up wards and vehicles to be produced on mass and many many of the every day house hold items we use. While Gold is the Boom of safe investment through out the ages , Iron Ore is what makes Industry & building possible so Iron Ore is The Red Gold of Industry. Bravo Hip Hip Hooray To Atlas Inc In Australia & AK Steel in America.
Health and safety rep not wearing safety glasses lol
I worked at Wodgina when BGC had the mining contract. I think I lasted about a week! People don't call BGC a Big Gang of C**ts for nothing!
Trillion dollar bigness
We want to work with genius Engineers of Australia.
Nothing worth preserving in the Hot outback - Mine it all i say dig Huge holes & create water storage for the future . win win =
@47:49
Wonder what kind of license you have to hold to drive those big dump trucks
Norway has been taxing Oil and energy corporations that extract oil and gas from its offshore wells at 65% plus since the 1960s. The tax proceeds are directed to Norway’s Sovereign fund which can finance projects of national importance. How big is the Norway Sovereign Fund? Well it’s the largest Sovereign fund in the world at about $ 1 Trillion US dollars. Norway has 6 million people which is about 1/4 of Australia’s population. Australia’s mining and energy sectors are almost 90% foreign owned with US corporations owning about 2/3. These multinational corporations pay very little in Australia, are subsidised by the tax payer to the tune of $29 billion annually and barely employs 3% of the Australian workforce. Australia’s policy platform in this sector is effectively giving away one-off natural resources and threatening Australia’s long term prosperity. On this point alone, I don’t know of sillier country in the world
Selling out to the US is one thing but selling out to China is quite another. China could one day just decide they want Australia but that's have to go through the US Navy first. I think country's and corps are being very short sighted to deal with China. China always wants a win win deal and if you don't take it they threaten you with retaliation. Australia is learning this the hard way now. I for one wish they'd never sold China a gram of iron ore and before it's over the whole world will regret it. China thinks their economy is the most powerful on earth and so they can just run over everyone else. Imagine how they'll be when they feel this way about their military, of which they spend more of that wealth on every year.
Wish Nigeria would make use of her resources for her people
@@nealramsey4439 their military is already at that level. Has been for more than 70 years. They beat the US in both proxy wars that were fought, by realising the US has a key weakness, they can't take losses. The US navy is a paper tiger, they can't actually put any of their carriers at risk, losing a single one would end the political careers of the top US politicians at the time. Without the carriers, they aren't a threat. And China has the forces needed to sink them, in exchange for moderate sustainable losses. Only reason China doesn't use military force is because they realised they can just use economic force and no one can realistically resist them, they have bought up most countries national debt giving them huge economic power. Western nations governments can't operate without borrowing more money than they make every year, its China who they borrow it from in the form of bonds.
guys, the scene in which there are durian stalls along the road, that ain’t China
if I had the money I would build a huge suction pipe that just sucks the material to Port. It goes in chambers, each chamber has a huge suction block off and it just moves it. Think of the petrol saved.
You can't pipe solids. Suction doesn't work like that, you'd rapidly destroy the fans needed (abrasion and motor burnout). The concept of vacuum chambers works with liquids and gases (to a degree) as they will naturally try to spread to have even pressure, solids don't do that, they are content to stay were they. Oh and the energy cost would be several hundred times that of the fuel burnt trucking it. Frankly for such a small operation trucks are the best solution, followed by rail. Both options are a few hundred times, if not thousand times more efficient than suction.
😲 wow I want to work australia 🌏 mining ☺️🤔
I know someone who can help you get a job at the mines💯💯
@@shiloshekwogaza1790 how?
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Two Fun Facts: Iron Ore isn't a rock. It's actually a metal, like gold, silver, or copper. Two, my dad actually has a pen pal from Australia
Ore (Fe2O3) is very much a rock that needs to be refined and reduced to become iron and steel.
I worked for Peabody Inc for 7 yrs in Wyoming good old USA one of the largest surface coal mines in the world and Colorado underground coal mine, it was a blast 🤣🤣
Four of the top ten largest coal mines in the world are in Australia.
@@AUmarcus true that. Coal industry is dwindling here in the US due to climate change policies
@@AUmarcus was about to say to this lad bro, got the biggest power stations in the southern hemisphere in WA, as well as coal mines. But yeah Wyoming sounds pretty big 😉😂
@@rhyshall9913 top two biggest coal mines are in wyoming.
@@FabioSekoff it is very interesting to know what was the geology at your enterprise, I mean the bedding?
100.000 parts of Australian Mines Ltd... will be skyrocketing in the next years and I'm rich
please tell me if a foreigner without Australian work experience will be hired? Work experience I have IN RUSSIA !? thank
150 crore worker want iron mining in Australia 2024
The multiple points on China are interesting... wondering if there was intentional marketing there for any Chinese viewers. Not good or bad.. just curious.
I just wanna buy their stock now
Australia's biggest export appears to be ... _RUST._
Adam Mangler fancy rust that is probably reinforcing the building your currently in
That's what blast furnaces are all about, turning rust into iron, by tons.
Great program, however Canada has the world's largest coastline. Australia is ranked 7th.
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