Editing Whyalla (section)

== Port ==
[[File:Iron ore exports from Whyalla, South Australia (2007-2014).PNG|alt=Iron ore exports from Whyalla, South Australia (2007–2014)|thumb|272x272px|Iron ore exports from Whyalla, South Australia (2007–2014)]]
Since its beginnings as Hummock Hill, the town has served as a port for the shipment of iron ore from deposits along the Middleback Range.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

The port's first conveyor-belt loading system was installed in 1915 and was capable of loading 1,000 tonnes of ore per hour. In 1943, it took 5½-to-6 hours to load a single 5,000-ton freighter.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In 2007, new [[transshipment]] handling processes were implemented, which allowed [[Arrium]] (formerly Onesteel) to load iron ore onto larger [[capesize]] bulk carrier vessels in deeper water. The transshipment process involves filling barges with ore that is then transferred into the receiving vessels at one of three transshipment anchorages.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In the financial year 2014–15, 12.5 million tonnes of [[haematite]] ore was exported from Whyalla using the transshipment process.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.arrium.com.au/~/media/Arrium%20Mining%20and%20Materials/Files/ASX%20Announcements/FY2015/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=Arrium Mining & Materials Annual Report 2015|publisher=Arrium Ltd|year=2015|page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217225629/http://www.arrium.com.au/~/media/Arrium%20Mining%20and%20Materials/Files/ASX%20Announcements/FY2015/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In October 2015 Arrium loaded its largest capesize cargo via transshipment. The FPMCB Nature was loaded with approximately 205,698 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of iron ore – significantly more than the average load of about 170,000 wmt.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.arrium.com/about-us/latest-news/fy14/arrium-mining-sets-cape-vessel-record-1-apr-2014?command=|title = Arrium Mining sets Cape vessel record|date = 1 April 2014|access-date = 2014-12-20|publisher = Arrium}}</ref>

The port's inner harbour receives shipments of coal that is used to produce coke for the Whyalla steelworks and exports smaller cargoes of finished steel products.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}