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Most mines have roads that are installed and maintained by the mine owner. Same with rails, power lines, water pipes, etc. Mines are mostly not conveniently loc
by jillesvangurp 3y ago
Most mines have roads that are installed and maintained by the mine owner. Same with rails, power lines, water pipes, etc. Mines are mostly not conveniently located close to infrastructure but instead located in the middle of nowhere. Any infrastructure around them is there only because there is a mine. Rail is nice when you have it. But it's expensive to install; especially in rough terrain.
North West Australia is pretty empty. The Australian rail network is pretty much non existent there. Most of the mines there are thousands of miles away from the nearest station. Distances are huge.
- Symbiote 3y agoMy question was whether fuel was delivered by road train, or railway train, as I was surprised you chose supplying mines as your example. Public railways and stations are irrelevant, North West Australia has plenty of private tracks [1], and I've found this site [2] which says some of the mines own rail tankers for fuel. So for at least those mines, acquiring liquid or gaseous fuel is easy (safe + cheap). [1] https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ [2] https://www.pilbararailways.com.au/roy/roy.php https://www.pilbararailways.com.au/roy/roy.php, https://www.pilbararailways.com.au/bhp/waggons.php https://www.pilbararailways.com.au/bhp/waggons.php