Tag: New South Wales

NEWCREST has announced approval of the first stage of a two-pronged expansion at its 100pc-owned Cadia Valley operations in central New South Wales. The estimated total capital costs sits at $865m, $685m for stage one and $180m for stage two. The first stage comprises commencement of the next cave development (PC2-3), materials handling system upgrades, associated infrastructure and the initial works to increase in the nameplate capacity of the process plant to 33mtpa – with PC2-3 mine targeting first production in FY23. The second stage, which is in Feasibility Study, is focussed on a further increase in processing capacity to 35mtpa and recovery rate improvement projects targeting completion in late FY22, which is prior to the completion of PC2-3 mine...

AUS Tin Mining Limited is well on the way to achieving its goal and vision of becoming a major Australian tin producer. In April this year, the company recommenced production at the high grade Granville Tin Project north of Zeehan in Tasmania, and intends to expand the life of the mine through exploration. Aus Tin Mining chief executive Peter Williams was pleased that production is ramping up at the project. “Having completed construction of the new tailings storage facility (TSF) in January 2019, and the transition to owner mining in March, Level 2 operations are ramping up, and recently the Company commenced processing of skarn material that is the predominate ore source at the mine,” Mr Williams said. Granville is...