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Mining in Australia has long been a significant primary sector industry and contributor to the Australian economy by providing export income, royalty payments and employment. Historically, mining booms have also encouraged population growth via immigration to Australia , particularly the gold rushes of the 1850s.
It is jointly-owned by the South African mining company Gold Fields, who manages the operation, and Australian company Gold Road Resources. As of 2022, it is one of four mines Gold Fields operates in Australia, the others being the Agnew Gold Mine, the Granny Smith Gold Mine and the St Ives Gold Mine. Mining at Gruyere is carried out in an open ...
The Carrapateena mine is a large copper mine under development in South Australia's Far North region 100 km southeast of Olympic Dam and approximately 160 km north of Port Augusta. Carrapateena represents one of the largest copper reserves in Australia and in the world having estimated reserves of 292 million tonnes of ore grading 1.31% copper ...
Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The series is produced by Prospero Productions and began on the Discovery Channel on 8 February 2018. The series has been a ratings success ...
The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, is an open-pit mine in Australia. It was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016, when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine, also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia ...
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Normandy, now renamed Normandy Mining Ltd, was acquired by Newmont Australia Ltd in February 2002. [ 4 ] Newmont passed on the mine to Oxiana Limited in June 2005 for A$265 million [ 5 ] and Oxiana merged with Zinifex to form OZ Minerals in mid-2008. [ 6 ]
Discovery Inc. is planning to ramp up its local production in New Zealand and Australia, with a view to serving both markets and the world. Speaking at the Asia Pacific-focused APOS virtual ...