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Dampier

Port, Australia.

About Dampier

Port town in Pilbara region of Western Australia. Iron ore exports through Dampier were 138 Mt in 2024-25.1,2

Where next

Places

ExamplesGeorge TownAnother port, in Australia: Dampier.3ExamplesGeraldtonAnother port in Australia: Dampier.4ExamplesMuntokAnother port, in Australia: Dampier.5

Trade routes

Shipped throughPilbara iron ore from Dampier to ChinaDampier was an end of the pilbara iron ore from dampier to china route.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q1158897 (Dampier)
  2. Western Australia Iron Ore Profile, November 2025 Government of Western Australia (WA Trade and Investment, watc.wa.gov.au)
  3. Wikidata item Q61092 (George Town)
  4. Wikidata item Q29162121 (Geraldton)
  5. Wikidata item Q111387317 (Muntok)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Autonomous trucks by RobSimmons223311, CC BY-SA 4.0; Conveyors, rail and ports by Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Kirunavaara gruva, Kiruna., Fotograf okänd, / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).