The Channar mine is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia 17 kilometres south east of Paraburdoo The mine is partly owned and operated by Rio Tinto Iron Ore and is one of fifteen iron ore mines the company operates in the Pilbara In the calendar year 2009 the combined Pilbara operations produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore a 15 percent increase from 2008