as asx ago industry resources genre mining predecessor atlas gold limited founded 2004 listed founder david flanagan defunct 2002 headquarters perth australia key people david flanagan founder non executive chairman products iron ore number of employees approx 600 people website www.atlasiron.com.au atlas iron is an australian mining company and an iron ore explorer developer and producer predominantly active in the pilbara region . 1 the company operated four iron ore mines in western australia . 2 company history edit atlas was listed on the australian securities exchange on the 17 december 2004 1 under the name of atlas gold limited . on 30 march 2006 the company changed its name to atlas iron limited . 3 atlas became australia s newest iron ore producer when it commenced production at pardoo in late 2008 . 4 the company plans to lift production from its pilbara operations to 12 million tonnes of iron ore by 2014 . of these 10 million tonnes are scheduled to come from the new turner river hub which is to blend and process ore from the company s northern pilbara projects located at wodgina abydos and mt webber . 5 in december 2010 atlas iron made a bid to buy giralia resources ; it may be possible to merge atlas mt webber mine with giralia s nearby dalton mine . 6 references edit a b atlas iron australian securities exchange website accessed 25 november 2010 http www.atlasiron.com.au irm content default.aspx atlas iron website accessed 25 march 2014 atlas iron limited ago delisted.com.au accessed 25 november 2010 atlas misses out as orders dry up the age published 21 october 2008 accessed 24 november 2010 atlas iron lifts exports ahead of schedule the sydney morning herald published 1 november 2010 accessed 24 november 2010 mining journal atlas iron makes us 825m bid for giralia . retrieved 2010 12 21 . external links edit atlas iron limited website v t e iron ore mining in western australia bhp billiton ports port hedland nelson point & finucane island railways goldsworthy railway mount newman railway mines area c jimblebar mount whaleback orebodies 18 23 and 25 yandi yarrie fortescue metals ports port hedland herb elliott port railways fortescue railway mines christmas creek cloudbreak firetail kings valley rio tinto ports cape lambert dampier parker point & east intercourse island railways hamersley & robe river railway mines brockman 2 brockman 4 channar eastern range hope downs hope downs 4 marandoo mesa a mesa j mount tom price nammuldi nammuldi 2 paraburdoo west angelas yandicoogina atlas iron mines pardoo mine wodgina mine abydos mine mt dove mine mt webber mine other operations mines cockatoo island jack hills koolan island koolanooka koolyanobbing tallering peak roy hill ports railways mines retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atlas iron & oldid 698416292 categories companies listed on the australian securities exchangemining companies of australiacompanies established in 2004 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 january 2016 at 00 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view