Carrapateena, Prominent Hill and West Musgrave

Former OZ Minerals sites, Carrapateena, Prominent Hill and West Mustgrave are now owned and operated by BHP. Carrapateena is one of the largest mining projects in South Australia in the last decade. Prominent Hill, in South Australia, produces one of the highest grades of copper in the world.

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The Prominent Hill iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposit is located approximately 150 km north-west of Olympic Dam and 650 km NNW of Adelaide in northern South Australia. Prominent Hill, Carrapateena, Olympic Dam, Moonta-Wallaroo and Hillside, and all of the other significant known IOCG mineralised systems of the Gawler craton, are hosted ...

OZ Minerals commits to Prominent Hill expansion

OZ Minerals has approved a $600 million investment in the Wira shaft mine expansion at the Prominent Hill copper-gold operation in South Australia. The Wira shaft project will extend Prominent Hill's mine life to 2036 at six million tonnes per year.

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Underground Mining at Prominent Hill Uses the Sub-level Stoping Method The Ankata underground mine at Prominent Hill is located 800 metres from the Malu open pit mining operation. The underground mine is expected to produce a higher grade ore than that of …

Prominent Hill copper/gold/silver mine expansion, Australia …

OZ Minerals has reported a near 23% increase to the Prominent Hill underground ore reserve, which now totals 59-million tonnes at 1.4% copper equivalent, extending the mine life by two years to at ...

OZ Minerals triples profit, flags $600m Prominent Hill …

South Australia's Prominent Hill copper and gold mine will operate for almost two decades longer than was once feared under a $600 million life extension approved by OZ Minerals on the same day ...

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Creating the modern mine

Prominent Hill is a copper-gold-silver mine in South Australia, which has delivered on its annual production guidance for the past six years and operates in the lowest cost quartile globally. Prominent Hill first came on stream in 2009 and in 2018, transitioned to an underground-only operation. It ramped up to a 4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) run …

Copper and Gold Mine | Thiess Mining Projects | Thiess

Prominent Hill is a gold and copper mine located 650km north-west of Adelaide and 130km south-east of Coober Pedy, South Australia. Thiess began feasibility work at …

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Additionally in 2023, Prominent Hill in South Australia won the Site Contract Caterer award. Both villages went on to win bronze at the national awards. View the range of fantastic opportunities available at our Civeo Owned Villages and …

Prominent Hill

Prominent Hill South Australia, Australia LOCATION Glendambo, SA Duration 2011 – Current Commodity Copper & Gold Home > Projects > Prominent Hill Prominent Hill is located on a copper and gold deposit 130km SE of Coober Peedy. Together with Byrnecut, Jetcrete Oz have been providing works on site since 2011. Jetcrete batch plant provides …

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Name: Prominent Hill mine. Location: Prominent Hill is located 650 km north-west of Adelaide and 130 km south-east of the town of Coober Pedy, in the Gawler Craton of South Australia.

Prominent Hill mine Map

The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver, and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which has been developed by Oxiana Limited, later to become OZ Minerals.

OZ Minerals approves Prominent Hill Wira Shaft Mine …

The OZ Minerals Board has approved the construction of a hoisting shaft at the Prominent Hill copper gold mine which will extend the mine life to 2036 at 6 million tpy ... Fabrum has collaborated with Fortescue on the commissioning of Australia's largest liquid hydrogen plant on a mine site. Embed;

Prominent Hill Mine, Central North, South Australia, Australia …

Prominent Hill Mine, Central North, South Australia, Australia : Copper-gold-silver mine (iron-oxide copper-gold deposit, discovered in 2001). An open-pit mine which …

Prominent Hill mine

The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver, and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which has been developed by Oxiana Limited, later to become OZ Minerals.

Oz Minerals extends Prominent Hill mine life estimate to …

Oz Mineral's Prominent Hill copper-gold mine at sunset in Outback South Australia. The 2 per cent increase in underground ore reserves after mining depletion has extended the Prominent Hill mine life by a year, enabling the expected underground production rate of 3.5-4.0Mtpa from 2019 to continue into 2030.

Oz Minerals sinks A$600m into Prominent Hill shaft

Copper and gold miner Oz Minerals has approved a A$600-million investment into its Prominent Hill operation, in South Australia, which would increase annual copper production rates by around 23% ...

Oz Minerals drills down on $600 million Prominent Hill …

SA miner Oz Minerals has approved a $600 million shaft expansion at Prominent Hill, which is expected to increase copper production by 23 per cent a year …

OZ Minerals extends mine-life at Prominent Hill to 2029

OZ Minerals has extended the mine-life at the South Australia Prominent Hill iron-oxide copper-gold mine until 2029. The extension was made possible by achieving an 18% growth in underground ore reserve to 39Mt at 1.7% copper equivalent.

ABB wins production hoist order from OZ Minerals

OZ Minerals' gold, silver and copper mine began operations in 2009 as an open-pit mine, but it is now an underground mine producing 4.5 million tonnes per annum, moving to between 4.5 and 5 ...

Two miners better than one say locals, as BHP chases OZ

OZ Minerals started mining copper and gold in 2009 at its Prominent Hill site, about 650 kilometres north of Adelaide, and in 2019 began mining at the Carrapateena site, some 250 kilometres south ...

Prominent Hill: Priority and production

Prominent Hill is an iron oxide/copper/gold deposit located in the Gawler Craton, which covers about 600,000km 2 of South Australia. As well as Prominent Hill, …

Creating the modern mine

Prominent Hill is a copper-gold-silver mine in South Australia, which has delivered on its annual production guidance for the past six years and operates in the lowest cost …

Copper and Gold Mine | Thiess Mining Projects | Thiess

Prominent Hill is a gold and copper mine located 650km north-west of Adelaide and 130km south-east of Coober Pedy, South Australia. Thiess began feasibility work at Prominent Hill with original mine owner Oxiana in 2005 and was awarded a six-year infrastructure development and mining contract the following year.

Prominent Hill

Location. Approximately 650 km north-northwest of Adelaide, about halfway between Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy; 130 km north west of Olympic Dam and 130 km south east of …

$600m Prominent Hill mine expansion in SA approved for development …

OZ Minerals has announced that it will be pushing ahead with the expansion of the Prominent Hill copper and gold mine in South Australia with a $600 million funding commitment. The State Government welcomes this development that will help drive South Australia's economic recovery from COVID-19.

Australia's OZ Minerals resumes operations at copper-gold mine …

OZ Minerals said on Tuesday operations at its Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia state were progressively resuming after being halted when an underground worker died over the weekend.

Oz Minerals extends Prominent Hill mine life …

Oz Mineral's Prominent Hill copper-gold mine at sunset in Outback South Australia. The 2 per cent increase in underground ore reserves after mining depletion has extended the Prominent Hill mine …