Copper Ore Mining
A key study into a copper project in South Australia has indicated a potential development commencement date of early next year.
Approval has been granted to a significant WA gold and copper project.
A prefeasibility study (PFS) on a Yorke Peninsula copper project has confirmed the potential for a 70 000 t/y copper operation.
A definitive feasibility study (DFS) into a major WA copper/gold project has elevated the project's economic viability.
A $200m contract has been awarded for an underground mining development.
A new copper deposit has been discovered at a $217 million key mining project near Mt Isa in north west Queensland.
Mining giant Xstrata is looking to recruit and contract locally as it begins operations on a new $124 million open cut mine in Queensland’s North West.
Three mining companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a multi user rail load-out facility at Cloncurry in Queensland.
The road to production has been mapped out for a significant copper-gold project in the South Murchison region of WA.
Bureaucratic bottlenecks are holding up the issue of copper exploration permits leaving north west Queensland’s rich copper belt empty, according to Chinalco Yunnan Copper.