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Major active mines in Australia include: Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production. [citation needed] Super Pit gold mine, which has replaced a number of underground mines at Boulder, Western Australia.
The Tui mine in the Kaimai Range which closed in 1973 is considered one of the worst toxic waste sites in New Zealand and the government has allocated almost $10 million for cleaning up the site. Structural failure of historic underground mine workings have led to subsidence, cracking and collapse on properties in Waihi , a township that has ...
Operational Status of Australian Mines and Mineral Deposits Status Count Comments Mineral Deposit: 2068: Under Development: 38: A mineral deposit that is currently under development Care And Maintenance: 95: Historic Mine: 1234: Operating Mine: 379: A mine that is currently operating and/or production Feasibility: 29
Australia Guinea: List of countries by bauxite production: Bismuth [8] China Vietnam: List of countries by bismuth production: Copper [9] Chile Peru: List of countries by copper production: Chromium [10] South Africa Turkey: List of countries by chromium production: Gold [11] China Australia: List of countries by gold production: Iron ore [12 ...
The types of coal found in New Zealand include lignites, sub-bituminous, bituminous and semi-anthracite coals. [3] However, the geology of many coal fields can be complex, with significant structural tectonic disturbances caused by many fields being found near the boundaries between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates that run through the country. [3]
Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer, producing almost a third of global bauxite. [2] Bauxite is mined in Australia using open-cut mining, which suits the relatively shallow bauxite deposits located mostly in Western Australia and Queensland. [2] [4] Mined bauxite is either exported or refined domestically into alumina.
Carosue Dam Gold Mine: Saracen Mineral Holdings: Laverton: Goldfields-Esperance: 111,163 (2010–11) Coolgardie Gold Mine: Focus Minerals Limited: Coolgardie: Goldfields-Esperance: 72,832 (2010–11) Coyote Gold Mine: Tanami Gold NL: Tanami Desert: Kimberley 47,960 (2009–10) Daisy Milano Gold Mine: Silverlake Resources: Kalgoorlie: Goldfields ...
Old Kintore headframe, now a museum exhibit, Broken Hill Former Delprat mine, Line of Lode, Broken Hill, 2017. The Broken Hill Ore Deposit is located underneath Broken Hill in western New South Wales, Australia, and is the namesake for the town. It is arguably the world's richest and largest zinc-lead ore deposit.