# Final iron ore train marks end of an era for Koolyanobbing with Yilgarn closure

**URL:** <https://forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/final-iron-ore-train-marks-end-of-an-era-for-koolyanobbing-with-yilgarn-closure/91>\
**Category:** Western Australia\
**Tags:** heavy-rail, freight\
**Created:** [1 January 2025 12:29 UTC](https://forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/final-iron-ore-train-marks-end-of-an-era-for-koolyanobbing-with-yilgarn-closure/91 "2025-01-01T12:29:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [1 January 2025 12:29 UTC](https://forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/final-iron-ore-train-marks-end-of-an-era-for-koolyanobbing-with-yilgarn-closure/91/1 "2025-01-01T12:29:47Z")

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[Final iron ore train marks end of an era for Koolyanobbing with Yilgarn closure - ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/yilgarn-closure-last-iron-ore-train-koolyanobbing-to-esperance/104752938)

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> One of Western Australia’s oldest iron ore mines, and a chapter in its transformation into a global mining heavyweight, has officially closed with the final trainload carrying ore from the state’s Yilgarn region.
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> It follows the decision by Perth-based Mineral Resources in June to [shutter its Yilgarn operations](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-20/mineral-resources-yilgarn-koolyanobbing-mine-closure/104001358), with more than 600 of the 1,000-strong workforce redeployed and the rest either made redundant or resigning.