Prominent Hill | OZ Minerals

Prominent Hill. Prominent Hill reliably produces one of the highest grades of copper concentrate on the market. A high-quality, dependable asset, it has delivered on its annual production guidance for the past six years for some of the lowest production costs in the world. A key part of our Global Copper strategy, the Prominent Hill mine's ...

Oz Minerals Ltd: Prominent Hill underground project ...

Oz Minerals Ltd: Prominent Hill underground project approved. OZ Minerals Board of Directors has approved the development of an underground mine to complement the open pit mining operations at Prominent Hill. The underground project feasibility study has confirmed the technical and economic viability of mining the Western Copper satellite deposit.

Major Mines & Projects | Prominent Hill Operation ( …

Prominent Hill is a copper, gold and silver mine located 650 km northwest of Adelaide in South Australia and comprise:-Open pit mine (Malu) - which concluded operations in Q1 2018;-Surface ore stockpiles - being in operation since Q2 2018;-Underground mine (Ankata and Malu mine areas);-Conventional crushing, grinding and flotation Processing Plant.

Prominent Hill Archives - International Mining

Prominent Hill is a copper-gold mining operation in northern South Australia, which is made up of the Malu open-pit mine – which concluded operations last year – the Ankata and Malu underground deposits and a conventional crushing, grinding and flotation processing plant.

Prominent Hill picks UGL - Mining Magazine

Prominent Hill picks UGL. CIMIC Group's UGL arm, together with ElectraNet, has been retained to design, build and commission high-voltage substations and transmission lines for OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill mine in South Australia, a project with a price tag of A$180 million (US$130 million) UGL will connect Prominent Hill to the South ...

OZ Minerals lays out Prominent Hill ... - Australian Mining

OZ Minerals is set to invest $47 million towards the expansion of its Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia. The company intends to spend the majority of the investment on further ...

OZ Minerals Prominent Hill Copper Mine - South Australia

OZ Minerals is focused on copper. Prominent Hill was a large and complex project in a remote location in South Australia. Discovery of the copper / gold deposit in 2001 had been the standout greenfield discovery of the decade in Australia. The production of first concentrates only 8 years later was a significant achievement in the mining industry.

(PDF) Common geological characteristics of prominent hill ...

Techniques utilised in the discovery process of Prominent Hill, such as 3D geological inversion of geophysical data, proved as equally encouraging and illuminating, and revealed striking ...

Worker crushed to death at OZ Minerals Prominent Hill …

A man has died in a workplace accident at the OZ Minerals mine at Prominent Hill in South Australia's far north. Key points: The 43-year-old man from Aberfoyle Park was crushed by machinery

Underground Ore Reserve growth at Prominent Hill …

A 2% increase in underground Ore Reserve after mining depletion has extended the Prominent Hill mine life by another year, enabling the expected underground production rate of 3.5-4.0Mtpa# from 2019 to continue ... Stockpile processing will maintain the plant at full capacity to 2023.

OZ closes Prominent Hill open pit - Australian Mining

Prominent Hill produced 27,466t of copper and 30,873oz of gold during the quarter. OZ is currently developing a third decline at Prominent Hill's underground operations, with break through ...

Man fatally crushed at Prominent Hill mine | PerthNow

The mine, which has an open pit, underground mine and processing plant, is about 650 kilometres northwest of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south-east …

Prominent Hill Gold and Copper Mine - Mining …

OZ Minerals is focused on copper. Prominent Hill was a large and complex project in a remote location in South Australia. Discovery of the copper / gold deposit in 2001 had been the standout greenfield discovery of the decade in Australia. The production of first concentrates only 8 years later was a significant achievement in the mining industry.

Mine Haul Road Upgrade Project OZ Minerals Prominent …

Design. Feb. 24, 2013. 6,331 views. An all weather Haul Road Upgrade Project was implemented at the OZ Minerals Prominent Hill site in March 2012. The primary objective was to introduce a "traffic light" system identifying the various levels …

Optimisation of the Prominent Hill Flotation Circuit

OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill copper-gold concentrator is located 650 km north-west of Adelaide in the Gawler Craton of South Australia. The concentrator was built in 2008 and commenced commercial production in early 2009. The Prominent Hill concentrator is comprised of a conventional grinding and flotation processing plant with a design capacity of 8 Mtpa.

Prominent Hill - Department for Energy and Mining

Approval process: The 2009 revised MARP (now deemed to be a PEPR) included environmental and social impacts associated with construction, operation and closure of Ankata (Prominent Hill underground mine). Current documents : Current program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)

$600m Prominent Hill mine expansion in SA approved for ...

The Prominent Hill mine expansion will provide longevity for the approximately 1,200 strong workforce as well as increase royalties that will help fund roads, schools and hospitals in the state. This project is also anticipated to open opportunities for local suppliers during the construction phase and ongoing operations of the mine.

Prominent Hill getting the shaft - MiningMonthly.com

Prominent Hill getting the shaft. OZ MINERALS has approved a $600 million hoisting shaft at its Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia. The shaft project will reduce both the loading and hauling fleet at Prominent Hill and the expansion plan leaves room for electrification. Underground Mining > Development. 18 August 2021.

Worker dies at Prominent Hill - MiningMonthly.com

Worker dies at Prominent Hill. A 43 year old Adelaide man has died after a workplace accident at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia's far north. The Byrnecut underground worker was crushed by machinery at 3.35pm on September 5 and died at the scene.

Man fatally crushed at Prominent Hill mine | The West ...

Mining company OZ Minerals and contractor Byrnecut said on Monday an underground mine worker was fatally injured at the Prominent Hill mine on Sunday afternoon. "This incident has had a profound impact on our workforce and our priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone at site," OZ Minerals boss Andrew Cole said.

Man fatally crushed at Prominent Hill mine | 7NEWS

The mine, which has an open pit, underground mine and processing plant, is about 650 kilometres northwest of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy. Work at Prominent Hill have been temporarily suspended. A report will be prepared for the state coroner.

OPTIMISATION OF THE PROMINENT HILL FLOTATION …

Source: Lombardi, J, Weidenbach, M and Muhamad, N, 2011. Flotation Process Control Optimisation at Prominent Hill, Proceedings MetPlant 2011, pp 602-614 (The Australian Institute of Metallurgy and Mining: Melbourne).