The main pit of the koolan island hematite operation flooded late last year after pit wall instability combined with high tide night caused a section of the wall to collapse.
Mount gibson iron sea wall.
Sea water flowed into the mine pit after the wall gave way causing flooding of the nearby iron ore mining operation.
Mount gibson iron is suing the engineers responsible for building the koolan island mine seawall which collapsed last year flooding the mine.
Miner mount gibson iron has announced it will spend nearly 100 million rebuilding a collapsed seawall in order to restart production at the remote koolan island mine.
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It s believed more than 300 jobs were lost in the closure.
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A company photograph of mount gibson iron ltd s operations on koolan island off the coast of wa.
Logistics supervisor mount gibson koolan island current employee koolan island wa mount gibson iron 10 december 2015 great place but the sea wall has given way so the pit is flooded and it will be at least 12 18 months before its rebuilt if they rebuild it.
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The company was forced to shut down the mine site.
Mount gibson iron has invested 170 million rebuilding the seawall to restart its kimberley coast iron ore mine.
The news has been welcomed in the west kimberley where hundreds of jobs have been lost in recent years due to a string of mine closures.
The crisis resulted in mount gibson slashing the majority of its koolan island workforce.
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High tide koolan island sea wall.
Stuart mckinnon mt gibson iron had to rebuild the seawall at its koolan island project in the kimberley after the main pit was flooded.
Mt gibson iron s decision to spend 100 million rebuilding its koolan island project in the kimberley looks set to pay off in spades when the mine re opens early next year.
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Last week the mine s pit wall collapsed and filled with seawater.
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