Mine detail: (Facility) Port Kembla Copper Smelter

Previously called 'Port Kembla Smelter'

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Location

Lat / long: -34.49626, 150.89851

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid

Production

Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1908

Geology

References

MAS6020151001
DEP10263655
Reference{Deposit:: PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,}{Deposit:: OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL}{Deposit:: COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - PORT KEMBLA,}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIA. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT}{Deposit:: S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.}{Deposit:: MINING BULLETIN MONTHLY; EXPANDED SOUTHERN COPPER APPROACHES}{Deposit:: CAPACITY, MAY 1992.}
ReporterTowle, Stewart W.