MinRes ships first ore from Lamb Creek

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has delivered first ore on ship from its Lamb Creek iron ore project in WA’s Pilbara region. The milestone was reached three months after ground was broken at the site in December 2025. (Image source: MinRes) The Lamb Creek project is expected to extend the Pilbara Hub’s current production profile by more than five years with an improved cost profile.CSI Mining Services — a wholly owned subsidiary of MinRes has now commenced mining, processing and haulage at the site. Lamb Creek will be an open pit mine with a capacity of 7.5mtpa, strategically located just 50km from MinRes’ Iron Valley operation. Ore from both sites will be blended and hauled to Utah Point for export through the Port of Port Hedland. MinRes executive general manager iron ore and asset management group Joe Brown says the milestone highlights the company’s ability to rapidly develop and bring assets into production. “Safely achieving first ore on ship in such a short time since breaking ground is a remarkable feat and demonstrates MinRes’ significant in-house capability to bring projects to life quickly,” he said. Development of Lamb Creek also involves the planned wind-down of the current Wonmunna iron ore operation, with all Wonmunna-based staff set to transfer to Lamb Creek and no impact to jobs anticipated. MinRes acquired Wonmunna from the Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation in FY21 as an undeveloped project and has since mined nine pits and exported more than 26mt of iron ore from the operation.  The Pilbara Hub has production guidance of 9-10mtpa for FY26.