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As at 2006, the operation employed 992 workers and produced 40,000–45,000 t (88 × 10 ^ 6 –99 × 10 ^ 6 lb) of nickel in concentrate per year. [4] [5] Leinster Airport was built adjacent to the mine. Apart from the nickel operations, gold was mined 41 km (25 mi) south-east of Leinster, at the Thunderbox Gold Mine, from 2002 to 2007 and ...
The Murrin Murrin Mine is a major nickel-cobalt mining operation being conducted in the North Eastern Goldfields, ... Nickel Cobalt 2000 [4] 13,027 t 904 t 2001 [4 ...
The first Nickel mines in Western Australia were developed in the late 1960s in Kambalda, [5] Laverton and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.. The price of nickel peaked at about £7,000 per pound in late 1969, driven by demand from the Vietnam War and the major Canadian producer, Inco (now Vale Canada), being embroiled in industrial action, creating a supply shortage.
Satellite image of the Cosmos Nickel Mine on 14 October 2022. Cosmos Nickel Mine is a currently inactive surface and underground nickel mine 38 km (24 mi) north-north-west of Leinster, Western Australia, along the Goldfields Highway. The traditional owners of the land the mine is located on are the Tjiwarl people.
The nickel deposit at Leinster was discovered in 1971 by Western Selcast Pty Ltd. [2] To develop this asset, the Agnew Mining Company was formed in 1974, of which 60 percent were owned by Western Selcast and 40 percent by MIM Holdings, and development of the mine started in 1976, with underground mining commencing in 1978 in what was then referred to as the Agnew Mine.
Sometimes West Australian Goldfields, even the goldfields or Eastern Goldfields is a term that has been used to either identify the region surrounding Kalgoorlie-Boulder within the current broader designated region of Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia. The term has been used in books specifically referring to the Kalgoorlie region. [7]
In 2018–2019, gold production in the state was steady on the previous year, at 211 tonnes (6.8 million troy ounces), 6.4% of world production, although an improving gold price delivered a 4.6 percent increase in value, from $11.4 billion in 2017–18, to a record annual value of $11.9 billion.
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] The three areas outside proclaimed Gold Fields are listed below the table: -