Port Latta, Tasmania

Port Latta is a port in northern Tasmania used to export iron ore from the Savage River mine.

Ore is transported from mine to port by a slurry pipeline. This pipeline is 85 km long.

The mine and port opened in 1967, and was still operating in 2011.

After de-watering, the ore is loaded onto ships via conveyor belts.

The capacity of the mine, pipeline and conveyor belt is about 1MTpa.

The slurry pipeline is paralleled by a road called Pipeline Road.