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This is a list of major active gold mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 oz of gold), or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a ...
The following companies operated copper mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million, or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a minimum of 50 employees: [26 ...
1948: Bureau of Mineral Resources combined with the WA Department of Mines to carry out systematic geological and geophysical surveys in the North West, mostly seeking oil. 1960: Commonwealth Government lifts iron ore export embargo. 1964: Oil discovered on Barrow Island. 1967: Oil production on Barrow Island begins. 1969–1970: Poseidon ...
Aboriginal mining companies have been able to secure contracts with the big international mining companies. In 2007, BHP Billiton awarded a A$300 million contract to Ngarda Civil and Mining, an Aboriginal-owned company, to manage the Yarrie mine, the largest ever mining contract awarded to an Aboriginal company.
Karara Mining Producing 2013 [6] 8 Marandoo mine: Rio Tinto Producing 1994 15 Mesa A mine: Waramboo mine, Mesa J mine (part of Mesa A) Rio Tinto [7] Producing 1992 Mt Tom Price mine: Rio Tinto Producing 1966 28 Mt. Whaleback mine: BHP Producing 1968 Nammuldi mine: Rio Tinto Producing 2006 6.6 Paraburdoo mine: Rio Tinto Producing 1972 20 Pardoo ...
Gold mining in Western Australia is the third largest commodity sector in Western Australia (WA), behind iron ore and LNG, with a value of A$17 billion in 2021–22.The 6.9 million troy ounces (214 tonnes) sold during this time period was the highest amount in 20 years and accounted for almost 70 percent of all gold sold in Australia.
Nickel mining in Western Australia has been an industry that has had many fluctuations of fortune in its history. Large fluctuations in the world nickel price [2] have seen mines close and reopen on several occasions. Nickel mining is the sixth largest commodity sector in Western Australia with a value of $4.946 billion in 2021–22. The ...
The following list is of the current Gold (G.F.) or Mineral (M.F.) Fields in the state [1] The prefix code number is that which is found on maps of the Mineral Fields of the state. Areas are in square kilometres and Gazetted dates are from a 1981 publication. [2]