Iron Ore Mining - Mt. Whaleback Minesite

[cheeptorque]

nice work bloke

[juparaca44019481]

Contamina esta mienraia está destruyendo el mundo, alguno conoce una minería indú? que explota hierro?

[yvesbarr]

I m in Miami Beach FL USA i trade Iron Ore get me in contact with the right Guy?? need loads of it Yves@dsli.com.

Thanks mate.

[mitch11868355]

@yvesbarr - yeah just go round to his place and dont forget your backpack... fuckn halfwit..

[ado750]

AHHH so cool worked on that digger shovel few years ago on night shift from Ireland back home now miss OZ to bits happy days. Are the mines still busy out there?? And cheers for putting the video up

[ado750]

AHHH so cool worked on that digger shovel few years ago on night shift from Ireland back home now miss OZ to bits happy days

[MAZDAMAYHAM]

my farther worked in the newman mines for many years when i was young. Now im hoping to get into the mines and follow in his foot steps...

[IanHickey1996]

exellent mate love it

[drshields1988]

wow mining is so slow. its blowing my mind im so high

[Rocketboy1950]

Only because you asked..........from an interest point of view; good. From a technical point of view; well, it was your first video. Have just done the same guided trip myself but because of the bobbing heads, s##t awful parrot commentary on the bus ( much of which was inaccurate ) and sun in the wrong place I didn't bother to video much of it.

[Keel010]

ahhhhhhhhhh heres a video of my home!! top shit buddy.. get another one done up with a close up of shovel 23 in action??

[BigRigDriver38]

Nice vid fella wish i was operating some of the equipment there!!! 10 out of 10.

[porter658]

Any jobs over your way ? on dump trucks

[zhangqidz]

Great! i am one iron ore importer from china ,hehe

[Palifiox]

Heard a song in the Central Qld coal mines long ago "Mt. Newman I hate every inch of you"

Anyone know how it goes?

[rotavegas13]

I work up here in Newman For LIEBHERR WORK ON THE BIG ASS SHOVELS AND SHIT YEEEEAH MT WHALEBACK!

[Keel010]

not any more ya dont hahhahaa..

[melissabradarvo]

My fiance is up there.. he works for Conva tech.. keep em' comin' mate.. us girls at home here haven't an idea about what its all about..

[uni000ver000sal]

I wonder how your fiance is doing up there?

Hand feeding is he?

[Groosome128]

The song is Santa Monica by Everclear

[katp86]

haha nice video, i also work at whaleback, i am reflector crew, wanna get some excperience on here then get my HR and drive the dump trucks! so sad about what happen last night with the LV and the Haul truck in Yandi so got sent home early ....

[rover918]

nice vid mate! i fly into port hedland wednesday for my first stint. cant wait!!

[gleegirloz]

Now I know why you need to be fit to work there! That's huge equipment,amazing to see,thanks!

[JohnsAussie]

Great to see this on here. I'm flying into Newman in about three weeks time looking for work. five out of five, mate!

[manniefold]

Good on ya! Let us know how it goes.

[omih1965]

Great video and music.

43 year old single mother,how do I get a dump truck job ?

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

[whaleback]

Go see any labour hire mob ie. skilled, Workpac etc as they have contracts. FIFO so don't know how you'd go living away from your kids for 2 weeks at a time!

[rotavegas13]

whats the name of this song?

[rotavegas13]

Cher bro i work at newman Mt whaleback fuckin hardcase seeing this on here!

[mymatescallmegazza]

It would be great to have a look around a mine

[gm16v149]

Good vid mate. I see that big 3 axle Wabco(?) is still there. Got a photo of my first KW standing right next to it, about 20 years ago.

How come you call them diggers, I thought they call them loaders and shovels? Or is that a QLD thing?

[manniefold]

Diggers just a generic term, cause thats what they do, they dig :P Doesn't matter where I've been, Qld or WA, they all call em diggers. That Liebherr in the vid is a Hydraulic Face Shovel, then you have the ones that dig back towards to the machine, I think the proper name for them are Hydraulic Backhoes, or something like that. The term loaders is mainly kept for Wheel Loaders, haven't heard anyone describe an excavator as such before.

Thanks for the comment. Cya :D

[gm16v149]

I worked in open cut and U/G from 1968 to 1980, and a digger was a machine on a building site, so I guess the terminology's changed over the years! Only get to be on a minesite for a few hours at a time these days, the loaders and shovels (sorry, diggers!) and dump trucks are a lot bigger now.

Cat 992 and Wabco 75 tonner were the biggest I ever operated.

[manniefold]

Biggest loader I've heard of is a Letourneau L-2350 Wheel Loader. Type that in in Google Image search, and you'll see some pics of the worlds largest wheel loader.

[gm16v149]

Yeah, had a look at it. Bigger than a Cat 994 and they're big enough.

I'm sure I saw a Letourneau diesel-electric loader on the wharf at Dampier about 1981, had a V16 GM and was about the same size as a Cat 992B.

And while you're up there, how about getting some footage of those unreal ore trains?

[manniefold]

Yep, I'm working on it, trying to get this camera fixed is a bigger pain in the arse than I first thought, but I'm getting there :D

[cheeptorque]

Not bloody bad for a first vid..very interesting footage..Thanks for sharing!

[monarofreak]

wicked vid man 5/5. I'm from broken hill so obviously love all things mining.

[savageblackie]

What are the shifts like for the drivers? Do they rotate between the trucks and shovel?

[manniefold]

Shifts vary between site's. Site I'm at at the moment is 2 weeks on, 1 week off. As for swapping around the machinery, you pretty much start out on a truck, and depending how badly they need new digger drivers, you can spend up to a year on a truck before they consider you for training on any other equipment. In saying that though, when you get up to driving a digger, you can pretty much kiss driving a truck goodbye.

[savageblackie]

thanks

[uni000ver000sal]

Bullshit! It all depends how nice you are to the foremen or the shift supervisor!

Not too mention if you are a kiwi or which footy team you play for?

[maorismash]

HAHAHAHA your a sad 1 ay fulla, all you have to be is good enough, you obviously weren't!

[Geology2008]

Hey, Nice. I hope to be a geologist!!

[uni000ver000sal]

Sorry to disappoint you but if you become a geologist and go to Newman, it is mostly likely you would be working in an air-conditioned office!

[Geology2008]

Yea thats why i hope to go to BHP olympic dam or something i know that there is some office work all part of the job!

[mickyb82]

Hey mate awesome video, keep em coming. This is such a fascinating industry which i wish to get my hands on. I have an Uncle that works underground at North Goonyella. Im trying to get a Dumptruck Traineeship but is proving difficult. Is there anything you tell me that i could do to help my chances.

Cheers,

Mickyb

[manniefold]

Well, the main thing that companies look for is a Heavy Rigid licence as a minimum. In Queensland, they want you to have generic inductions and coal board medicals, and in WA they want you to have a MARCSTA and a Mine Workers Health Sruveillance. Just look these up on the net under australian search, and you should hopefully find some info.

[lukewilmot1987]

Mate, that is an awesome insight into the industry that i would soo very much love to get into. thanks for sharing the video.

luke

[sebast007]

Pretty nice video. 5*

I was searching for Quebec Cartier Mining videos (iron ore too), but I can't find any. Though there's a lot of interesting videos when I type ''iron ore'', like yours ;)

[fordmad]

Good vid, brought back some great times, worked here in the mid 70s in the auto electrics then to the power station,my old man was on the dozzers then to the explosives.

Lived in the single mens digs bloody good meals.

[Littlecat37]

We live in Moranbah QLD we have these biggies over here too.. we also have drag lines.. now they are big buggars... my 5 year old loves your video.. Helen

[manniefold]

That's where I started my mining career. I started with a contractor called Marshall & Sons at Blackwater. Ah, the memories....

[apeppink]

I used to work at US Borax open pit mine in Boron, California, USA. Your video brings back memories. We used big Unit Pig Lectra Hogs, we called them (Unit Rig, Lectra Haul) haul trucks, Latrino (LeTourneau) front end loaders, and 4160v P&H shovels.

[Arloravenphyre]

great song...my 2 yr old would have loved to see more loading and unloading!

[manniefold]

Don't worry, this was only a bit of an experiment for me, this video. I do work at one of the other mines in the area, equipment is not quite as big. Big enough though.

So I will be doing a few more videos of where I work, with the diggers, dozers, loaders, trucks, and if I'm lucky, a few of the trains that come here.

[kenshinr]

interesting buddy i heard miners earn heaps but id b a very shit lazy labourer. good vid though

[manniefold]

Oh, laziness. Let me count the ways...

I'll put it to ya this way. I drive one of those dump trucks (not as big as in the video, but still huge). The Trucks are fully airconditioned, power steering, AUTOMATIC! :)

The main things you need to operate one of these trucks is a Heavy Rigid licence (Company Policy), and a really good attention span, cause this stuff gets repetitive and BORING... but the pay does make up for it, lol!!

[hockey2876]

looks unreal