Roy Hill Project

Project Overview

The Roy Hill Project included a new iron ore mine at the Roy Hill deposit, a mine process plant, a standard gauge, single line heavy railway system from mine to port and new port facilities at Boodarie Industrial Estate. Ertech has completed several projects at the Roy Hill mine site and the temporary wharf facility including a Marble Bar Road Diversion, a Access Road and Temporary Construction Loadout Facility and the Tailings Storage Facility.

Fast Facts

ClientRoy Hill
LocationPort Headland and Newman, WA
Year of completion 2014

Scope of works

Marble Bar Road Diversion, Mine Site Roads & Tie-Ins
Construction of 30.5kms of roads and tie-ins including:

SP1 – Marble Bar Road (MBR) North Diversion:

Divert the existing MBR around the Roy Hill mine
Construct the link road to connect Village Access Road (VAR) East to the new MBR diversion
Construct intersection No 2 on the VAR

SP3 – North South Road:

Extend the North South Road from the end of the FMG private road to the process plant
Install the VAR West through to the intersection of North South Road
Install intersection No 5 of North South Road with VAR West

SP4A – Marble Bar Road Northern Tie-In:

Provide the tie-in from end of SP1 to the existing MBR

Access Road & Temporary Construction Loadout Facility
Design and construction of a new 1,200km access road to a temporary wharf facility including:

Construction of an intersection at Utah Point Road
Clearing and ground improvement of the access road foundation across mangrove tidal flats
Supply and installation of embankment fill
Supply and installation of rock armour for batter protection
Access road pavement construction
Embankment foundation stabilisation with geogrids
Supply and installation of a new piled platform temporary construction loadout facility

Tailings Storage Facility
Site clearance, construction of embankment under drainage and access roads and ramps including:

3,500,000m2 of site clearance and topsoil removal
Extraction of 750,000,000 litres of water for conditioning
1,950,000m3 of earthworks embankment and decant access ways
Construction of 12,500m of embankment under drainage and 4,500m of 4m deep seepage collection systems
50,000m3 of surface water management structures
140,000m2 of access road and ramps
Geotechnical instrumentation installation