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Agnew Gold Mine, Waroonga

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  Agnew Gold Mine is located 1,000km northeast of Perth in Western Australia....
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  The mining lease was acquired by Agnew Gold Mining Company (AGMC), a...

Aldiss-Randalls Gold Project

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  The Aldiss- Randalls Gold mine is owned by Integra Mining.
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  The project is a 1,500km² consolidated tenement package
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  The mine is operated through open pit techniques.
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  The project will be developed over two phases.

Alpha Coal Project, Queensland

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  Alpha Coal Project is part of the Galilee Basin located in Queensland,...
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  Open-cut mining methods will be used for developing the coal mine.
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  Alpha has a production capacity of 30 million tons of coal per annum.

Argyle Diamond Mine, Kimberley

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  Argyle is located in the far northeast area of Western Australia.
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  One of the mine's haul trucks operating in the open pit.

Atlas Wodgina Project

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  Greater Abydos Project 2.

Balmoral South Iron Ore Project

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  The project is reportedly the world's largest unexploited magnetite resource.
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  The deposit will be mined using conventional open-cut mining methods.

Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Mine

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  Reclamation reseeding through geotextiles used to prevent erosion of the...

Benkala Copper Project, Ural Mountains

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  An SX and elec-trowinning plant was commissioned at the plant in December 2011.

Boddington Gold Mine (BGM), Western Australia (WA)

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  Boddington Gold Mine (BGM) is located about 130km south-east of Perth in...
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  Boddington gold mine produced 741,000oz of gold and 69mlbs of copper in 2011.
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  The mine was officially opened in February 2010.
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  In May 2012, Newmont decided to seek the expansion of mine life to 2052.

BP Exploration Coal Mine, Kaltim Prima

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  The mine's loading fleet consists of over 20 large hydraulic shovels and...

Buller Coal Project

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  The Buller project contains 42.2mt of coal resources.

Burton

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  The shovel/truck terrace mining method.
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  A Liebherr R996 excavator loading a haulage truck.
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  Burton coal loading facilities.
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  Coal is hauled to the port in trains that carry 7,500t.

Cannington Silver and Lead Mine, Queensland

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  When in full production, Cannington will become the world's largest single...

CGA Mining Masbate Gold Mine

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  The new CGA Mining project is on a brownfield site on the island of Masbate...

Challenger Gold Mine

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  The Challenger mine was discovered in 1995.
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  High-grade rough gold minerals are found in combination with slightly...
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  On 24 October 2002 the first shipment of gold bullion was achieved.

Channar Iron Ore Mine, Pilbara

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  Aerial view of the Channar mine in Pilbara, Western Australia.

Charters Towers Gold Mine, Queensland

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  High grade rich gold reef underground.
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  The gold ore process plant.

Christmas Creek Iron Ore Mine

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  Phase two expansion of the Christmas Creek mine is underway.

Cloud Break Iron Ore Mine

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  The Cloud Break iron ore mine is located in Pilbara, Western Australia. The...
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  Cloud Break is one of the three iron ore mines operated by Fortescue in the...

Coppabella Coal Mine

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  The Coppabella mine is an open-cut operation.
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  Conventional mining techniques are used at the Coppabella mine.
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  Macarthur Coal excavator loading coal.

Crinum Coal Mine, Queensland

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  An operator monitors the longwall operation underground at Crinum. Unlike a...
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  Products are held in a 100,000t-capacity stockpile before being transported...

CSA Copper Mine

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  The ore is transported to processing mills through a vertical shaft.

Curragh Mine, Queensland

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  A Curragh belly dumper.
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  Curragh is a coal mine located 14km north-west of the town of Blackwater in...
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  The mine covers an area of 12,600ha.

Dargues Reef Gold Mine, New South Wales (NSW)

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  Aerial photo of Dargues Reef looking west.
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  Dargues Reef logging diamond core.
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  Dargues Reef outcropping ore sample.
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  The deposit lies within the Lachlan fold belt, a composite organic belt.
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  Free gold in core.
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  Mining at Dargues will be by underground sub-level open stope mining methods.

Dawson Complex, Queensland

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  Holes are mined at regular intervals along the highwall, using a highly...

Didipio Gold-Copper Project

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  OceanaGold has sponsored 30 medical missions, benefitting a community...
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  Maintenance crew prepare to install interlink metal net on a gabion structure...

Doolgunna Copper-Gold Mine

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  Resource extension drilling at Doolgunna.

Drayton Mine, New South Wales

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  A dragline is used for mining at Drayton.
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  The raw coal from the mine is transported by trucks to the Drayton CHPP...

Ellendale Diamond Mine, West Kimberly

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  Ellendale produces rare fancy yellow diamonds.

Ernest Henry

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  Tipping ore into the primary crusher hopper.

Fimiston Open Pit "Super Pit" Gold Mine

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  Super Pit gold mine is operated by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, a...
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  Aerial view of the Super Pit gold mine.

Frieda River Copper and Gold Project

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  Concentrate produced at the mine will be transported along the Sepik River.

Golden Grove Mine

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  Reviewing core samples at Golden Grove.

Goro Nickel Project

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  The Goro Nickel mine is one of the largest mining projects under construction...
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  Equipment for the Goro Nickel plant is being supplied by Komatsu, ABB,...
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  At full capacity, Goro will produce 60,000t annually of nickel in the form of...
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  As of late February 2008, Goro said that construction at the mine was around...

Grasberg Open Pit

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  A mine LHD.

Hamersley Basin

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  Single slewing boom bucket wheel and rail-mounted product reclaimer.

Heemskirk Tin Project, Tasmania

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  The project has the potential to become the second largest tin producer of...
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  Stellar drilled six holes into the near-surface Queen Hill deposit in 2010.

Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine

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  The Hope Downs iron ore mine is situated 100km north west of Newman in the...
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  The mine is owned jointly by Hancock Prospecting (50%) and Rio Tinto (50%).
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  Hope Downs 1 contains 175mt of proven reserves graded at 61.6% Fe. Its...

Jacinth-Ambrosia Mineral Deposit

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  On average, the heavy minerals assemblage in the deposits is 48% zircon, 28%...
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  A A$25m haul road is being constructed for transporting the minerals. The...

Jack Hills Iron Ore Project

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  Jack Hills Iron Ore project is owned and operated by Crosslands Resources, a...
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  Stage one of the development of Jack Hills has created more than 330 direct...
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  The mine's expansion as part of stage two development is expected to create a...

Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine

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  Bendigo Goldfield – area of operations.
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  Garden Gully Line, where two new reefs – Grenfell East and Grainger – have...

Kanmantoo Copper Mine, Adelaide Hills

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  The mine is owned and operated by Australia-based Hillgrove Resources Limited.
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  Hillgrove Resources recommenced the development of Kanmantoo mine.

Kanowna Belle

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  Exploration has been continuing in tandem with underground development at...
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  Hauling development rock from underground through the Kanowna Belle open pit.
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  Marking out on a mining bench for grade control, with samples being taken...
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  Contractor Eltin Underground Operations has been using a Tamrock Minimatic,...

Kestrel Mine, Central Queensland

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  The Kestrel mine is an underground operation located 40km north-east of...
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  The mine lies within the Bowen Basin, a significant Permian-aged coal basin...

Khushuut Coal Mine

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  In June 2010, MEC awarded a six-year contract worth approximately $232m to...
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  About 52,000m of drilling was conducted as part of the exploration under the...

Koolanooka Iron Ore Mine, Morawa

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  SMC reopened the historic Koolanooka Mine in Western Australia in April 2010.
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  Koolanooka deposit consists of a BIF containing hematite and magnetite.
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  The DSO hematite ore is transported to the Geraldton port for shipping.
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  The mined ore is crushed and screened at the mine site.

Kumtor Gold Mine

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  The Kyrgyz Republic is located about about 60km north of the international...

Lake Maitland Mine

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  The Lake Maitland uranium mine is located in Eastern Goldfields, nearly 95km...
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  It was drilled by several companies until being acquired by Mega Uranium from...

Laverton Gold Project

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  Focus Minerals acquired the Laverton Gold Project in 2011.
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  The ongoing exploration and drilling indicate significant resource expansion...

Lihir

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  Lihir Island is located in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) New Ireland Province,...
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  Drilling during construction at Lihir.
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  Overburden stripping during site construction, using Caterpillar hydraulic...

Marandoo Iron Ore Mine, Pilbara

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  Earthworks being carried out at the Marandoo mine to extend its life.
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  The crushing and screening plant at Marandoo mine removes impurities.

Martabe, North Sumatra

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  Exploration of mineralisation in other parts of the area around the Martabe...

Minry Diamond Mine

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  Siberia-Federal areas.
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  In its operation between 1957 and 2000, the mine produced $17bn-worth of...

Misima

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  Misima mill flowsheet.
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  Revegetation is part of the environmental programme at Misima.

Molyhil Tungsten and Molybdenum Project, Northern Territory

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  Development of the Molyhil project is expected to commence in the second half...
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  Molyhil is one of three projects being developed by Thor Mining in Australia.

Mount Isa Lead, Zinc and Silver Mine

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  Sampling molten lead during pouring at the Mount Isa smelter.
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  The Northfleet metals refinery in the UK, where Mount Isa's lead and silver...

Mount Margaret Mining Project, Queensland

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  Ore will be processed at Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Mining operations.
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  Mount Margaret will add 30,000t of copper to the Ernest Henry Mining operations.

Mount Marion Lithium Project

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  Rendering of the Mt Marion processing plant in Western Australia.
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  A secondary crusher in the workshop of Mt Marion.
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  Administration area at the lithium mining work site in Western Australia.
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  Map showing the location of the Mount Marion lithium project in Australia.
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  Mining samples taken from Mt Marion for metallurgical testing in September 2009.

Murrin Murrin

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  Ore mining during the pre-production phase.
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  View through the giant fans at the Murrin Murrin power station.
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  Acid leach autoclave with the slurry heating tower behind.

Northparkes Copper and Gold Mine

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  Northparkes Mines is a copper-gold mine near the remote Australian town of...

Nullagine Iron Ore Project

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  The Nullagine iron ore deposit is located 140km north of Newman in the...

Olympic Dam Copper-Uranium Mine, Adelaide

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  The new autogenous grinding mill.
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  The copper smelter.

Ovoot Tolgoi Coal Mine

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  The Ceke border crossing will allow daily distribution of Ovoot Tolgoi coal...

Oyu Tolgoi

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  Headframe and hoisting, January 2006.
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  The mine is jointly owned by multinational resources company Ivanhoe Mines...

Paraburdoo Iron Ore Mine, Pilbara

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  Paraburdoo iron ore mine is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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  The central processing plant at Paraburdoo treats ore at the rate of 23mtpa.

Peak Hill Gold Mine

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  Map of New South Wales area.

Porgera Gold Mine

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  The open-pit mine at Pergora. Porgera is located in Enga Province about 600km...
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  Cross-section of underground deposits.
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  The open-pit truck and shovel fleet was expanded with larger equipment in...
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  The plant at Pergora. Mineralisation occurs within the Porgera intrusive...
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  The mill flowsheet. Low-grade stockpile ore and open-pit ore are crushed...

Potosi Silver Mine

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  The Potosi underground mine is located approximately 2km north of the...

Prominent Hill Gold and Copper Mine

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  The Caterpillar 793D trucks have been collecting overburden from the open pit.

Pujada Nickel Mine

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  Operations at the project are predicted to generate $500m in gross sales.

Ranger Uranium Mine

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  The Ranger Uranium mine consists of three ore bodies.
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  Construction of an exploration decline at Ranger 3 Deeps is scheduled to...

Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation

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  The Ravensthorpe process plant.
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  A Ravensthorpe haul truck.

Ridgeway Gold and Copper Mine, New South Wales

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  A gold and copper mine, Ridgeway is 100% owned by Australia's Newcrest...
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  Ridgeway is an open cut mine, like this open-pit copper mine in Mexico.
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  Ridgeway-Cadia is the second-largest open-cut mine in Australia after the...

Rockland Copper Project

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  Example of mineralisation in a diamond drill hole.

Rocklea Iron Ore Mine, Pilbara

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  The Rocklea iron ore project is located 30km west of Tom Price in Pilbara...
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  A core sample collected from the Rocklea iron ore project.

Roseby Copper Project, Queensland

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  Roseby Copper Project covers an area of 1,400 square kilometres in Australia.
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  Mining operations will initially target the Little Eva deposit.
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  Production at Roseby is expected to commence in 2014.

Sangdong Tungsten Molybdenum Project

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  The site for the tungsten processing facility.

Sebuku Coal Mine

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  Community projects on Sebuku Island. Before the mine, the population had...

Sunrise Dam

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  The Sunrise Dam gold mine lies on the eastern shore of Lake Carey in the...
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  The conversion of the mine’s diesel power station to liquefied natural gas...
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  Gold ore at Sunrise Dam is structurally and lithologically controlled within...

Tampakan Gold Copper Project

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  The Tampakan copper gold mine is located in the Southern Philippines.

Tarrawonga Coal Mine

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  The Tarrawonga mine is expected to produce up to 1.5 million tonnes per year...

Tindals Gold Mine, Coolgardie

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  Focus Minerals commissioned the Tindals Underground operation in 2008.
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  Production from the Tindals open pits was started in April 2011.
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  The Tindals ore is processed at Focus Minerals’ Three Mile Hill Processing...

Tropicana Gold Project

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  The Tropicana gold project is located in Western Australia on the edge of the...
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  The deposit will be mined using open pit methods.
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  Traditional drill and blast, truck and excavator operations will be used.

Washpool Hard Coking Coal Project

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  The Washpool project lies within the Burngrove formation.
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  Artist's impression of the project plan.

Whim Creek Copper Project

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  Whim Creek Copper Project located near the North West Highway.

White Dam Gold Mine

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  The White Dam mine produced its first gold in April 2010.
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  Iron in White Dam occurs within biotite.

Wilcherry Hill Iron Ore Mine Project

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  Wilcherry Hill iron ore project is located on the Eyre Peninsula in Southern...
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  Open cut mining method will be used to develop the Wilcherry Hill ore.

Wiluna Uranium Project, Mid West

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  The Wiluna mine is expected to have a life of 14 years.
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  Production from the Wiluna uranium project is expected in 2014.