Pinjarra is also the site of the world's largest bauxite mine.
The merger would be a marriage of cheap production in Russia with bauxite mines abroad.
In the center of the island, most of the bauxite mines and refineries were working again.
Long ago, it was a famous bauxite mine in Johore.
Action soon spread to the nation's bauxite mines, where labourers stopped work.
At one stage, a black coal and bauxite mine triggered an investment flow into the town.
The town's economy was based on nearby bauxite mines and a substantial timber business.
It is currently the biggest bauxite mine in the world.
They included a new branch to serve a bauxite mine, and converting to a wider gauge.
About 4000 people live in the region's main settlement, Nhulunbuy, built to service the bauxite mine.