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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 Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter is a nickel smelter in Feysville, south of the town of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The smelter is operated by BHP and part of its Nickel West operations. Having originally been built by WMC Resources , it changed ownership in 2005 when BHP acquired WMC.
School of Mines building, Coolgardie, circa 1929. Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) was founded in 1902 as the Kalgoorlie School of Mines. It was a tertiary school specialising in subjects directly related to the Western Australian mining industry.
The first private battery in Kalgoorlie was constructed at the Croesus mine in 1894. [5] As early as 1897 there was consideration of ore-crushing facilities being funded by private or government means. [6] [7] The first government battery was constructed at Norseman in 1898. [8] But by 1906 there was a Batteries Inquiry Board. [9]
The South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine is a gold mine located south-west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The mine is sometimes also referred to as "South Kal Mines - New Celebration", being a merger of the former New Celebration Gold Mine and the Jubilee Gold Mine, which were combined in 2002. [2] [3] The mine is operated by Northern Star Resources ...
Focus Minerals suspended operations of the mine in June 2013 and placed it into care and maintenance. [13] Focus Minerals carried out exploration at Coolgardie and its other operation, the Laverton Gold Mine, shut at the same time, following termination of mining. In the 2021 calendar year, it spent A$12.5 million on exploration at the two sites.
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.
A Perth Chamber of Mines, founded in 1897, [3] quickly became defunct. [4] The Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie bodies merged in 1900, as the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia. [4] [5] The headquarters of the combined body were in the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines building. In the same era, there was also in London, a Westralian Chamber of Mines. [6]