Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia. When you purchase ...

The world’s largest iron ore deposit, found in Western Australia, may have formed 1.4 to 1.1 billion years ago during the breakup of a supercontinent and the formation of Australia. That would make ...

Research reveals that Earth's largest iron ore deposits -- in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia -- are about one billion years younger than previously believed, a discovery which could ...

Liam Courtney-Davies received funding for this research through the MRIWA 557 Project and the Australian Research Council. Iron ore is the key ingredient in steel production. One of the fundamental ...

Deep beneath Western Australia’s red landscape, scientists have uncovered a massive iron ore deposit so large that it is changing how we understand Earth itself. Holding tens of billions of tons of ...