Mineral Resources Limited, commonly known as MinRes, is a Western Australian mining services company.
History
Mineral Resources was established in July 2006 when pipeline manufacturing and contracting business PIHA, Crushing Services International and Process Minerals International merged and was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.[1][2][3]
In June 2024, Mineral Resources announced it would shut down its Yilgarn iron ore hub by the end of the year after it was deemed financially unviable.[8]
Mineral Resources is involved in bulk ore transportation in the Pilbara.[10][11] In 2014, Mineral Resources purchased six UGL Rail C44aci locomotives and 382 iron ore wagons taking over the operation of its services from Aurizon.[12][13]
Minerals Resources operates two hard rock lithium mines in Western Australia; Mount Marion in the Goldfields,[14] and Wodgina in the Pilbara.[15][16]
MinRes Air
Having previously relied on other air service providers to operate flights for its fly-in fly-out workforce, in July 2024 MinRes Air was launched with a former TigerairAirbus A319 on services between Brisbane and the Pilbara with plans to introduce a Perth service.[17][18][19]
