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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 ...
Resources of the deposit are 152.8 Mt at 1.18% Cu, 0.48 g/t Au and 2.92 g/t Ag plus 38.3 Mt at 1.17 g/t Au of non-sulfide ore. [ 9 ] In contrast to the Olympic Dam deposit, an iron oxide copper gold deposit of similar age about 200 km to the southeast of Prominent Hill, uranium values do not exceed 150 ppm and therefore uranium recovery is not ...
The March 2005 mine production rate is an annualised 9.1 million tonnes making it one of Australia's larger mines. 2005 metal production is thought to be in excess of 220,000 tonnes of copper, 4500 tonnes of uranium oxide, plus gold and silver. The copper and uranium oxide are exported through Port Adelaide.
The South Australian government has initiated the application and assessment process for BHP's (NYSE:BHP) proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam copper smelter and refinery. If approved, this ...
Pages in category "Copper mines in Australia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Burra Burra ...
Copper mines in Australia (5 C, 3 P) Copper mining in Queensland (1 C, 1 P) W. Copper mining in Western Australia (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Copper mining in ...
Pages in category "Copper mining companies of Australia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Copper was first discovered and mined in the 1840s. The town was established to house workers at the mine, which at that time was an underground mine. The original mine was active from 1846 to 1874. [1] A new open-cut mine operated from 1970 to 1976.