Prominent Hill Wira Shaft - Byrnecut

Prominent Hill, SA. Nearest Town Coober Pedy, South Australia. Client Oz Minerals Ltd. Commodity Copper & Gold. Contract Type KPI Adjusted Margin Alliance. Contract Duration September 2021 - June 2024. Scope Presink, raisebore, strip and concrete line haulage shaft at a 7.5m diameter to a depth of 1,330m below surface.

OZ Minerals sets sights on Prominent Hill production rise ...

OZ Minerals is targeting higher production at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia this year on the back of strong performance and record gold prices. Its output guidance for the year now stands at 190,000–200,000 ounces, up from 175,000–190,000 ounces due to solid grade reconciliation and improved recoveries.

OZ Minerals (ASX:OZL) reports death at Prominent Hill ...

Source: OZ Minerals. Copper-focused miner OZ Minerals (OZL) reports a fatal incident involving a contractor at its Prominent Hill mine in South Australia. According to the ABC, emergency services were called to the site at about 3:25 pm on Sunday. A 43-year-old man from Adelaide's south, working for underground mining contractor Byrnecut, was ...

Prominent Hill sustainability to grow through ...

OZ Minerals has signed an agreement with Safescape to trial a Bortana electric underground light vehicle at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia. The agreement is part of the company's effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move towards underground vehicle electrification at Prominent Hill.

OZ Minerals gets to the bottom of Prominent Hill incident

Despite the fatality that occurred at Prominent Hill, OZ Minerals recorded a total recordable injury frequency (TRIF) per million hours worked of 4.21, lower than 4.6 reported in the previous quarter. OZ Minerals produced 33,794 tonnes of copper and 65,932 ounces of gold in the September quarter, both improved results from the three months prior.

OZ Minerals - Projects and Operations

OZ Minerals is a world-class mining business. We own and operate Prominent Hill a high quality copper-gold mine, and Carrapateena a copper-gold exploration project in our home state of South Australia. As Australia's third largest copper producer, with quality assets, a healthy cash balance and no debt, we are ideally positioned for global growth.

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 …

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.The deposit is an iron oxide copper gold style mineralisation.. The mine has cost A$1.15 billion to develop, [2] and it is projected to produce 100,000 tonnes of copper and 115,000 oz of gold in ...

Australia's OZ Minerals resumes operations at copper-gold ...

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.

Our History | OZ Minerals - OZ Minerals | A modern mining ...

OZ Minerals is a copper-focused, global, modern mining company based in South Australia. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX100) OZ Minerals has a growth strategy focused on creating value for all stakeholders. We own and operate the copper-gold mine at Prominent Hill, the copper mine at Carrapateena, and have assets in Brazil.

Byrnecut assigned to Wira shaft sinking at OZ Minerals ...

Back in August, the OZ Minerals Board approved construction of a hoisting shaft at Prominent Hill, paving the way for a mine life extension and throughput expansion. Coming with a pre-production capital expenditure of A$600 million ($449 million), the Wira Shaft expansion project will see the underground production rate increase to 6 Mt/y from ...

Prominent Hill | OZ Minerals

The Prominent Hill operation is located 650 kilometres north west of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia. What we do The 24 hour operation is comprised of the Ankata underground mine, a conventional crushing, grinding and flotation processing plant and a permanent accommodation village for its workforce.

OZ Minerals Ltd. Company Information / OZL.AX

Company Information : OZ Minerals Ltd.(OZL.AX) • Australian-based miner OZ Minerals owns and operates the high quality new Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia. The Company is exploring around the prospective Prominent Hill area for further deposits and is also exploring in Cambodia and Thailand for base and precious metals. > The Company's primary focus is the stable …

Our Operations - OZ Minerals

Our Operations. Our Prominent Hill mine is located 650 kilometres north west of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia – an easy 1-hour flight from Adelaide or just 40 minutes by air from Port Augusta. Our team works a lifestyle friendly fly in fly out roster.

OZ Minerals greenlights $600m Prominent Hill expansion ...

OZ Minerals has approved the construction of a hoisting shaft at the Prominent Hill copper gold mine which will extend the mine life to 2036 and increase annual copper production rates by more than 23% at a 20% lower operating cost.

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 …

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 approves $435m expansion at Australian mine

Credit: Oz Minerals. Oz Minerals has approved a $434.8m (A$600m) shaft expansion at its Prominent Hill copper-gold mining operation in South Australia. This investment will enable the construction of a hoisting shaft, which is said to extend the life of mine from the existing nine years to 15 years to at least 2036.

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. It will result in an estimated 23 per cent annual increase to copper production at a 20 per ...

Prominent Hill - Byrnecut - Underground Contract Mining

Byrnecut has been involved at OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill underground mine since cutting the portal in 2010. Byrnecut has completed in excess of 80 kilometres of development and produced over 20 million tonnes of copper-gold ore. The project successfully transitioned to an Alliance style contract in …

Oz Minerals drills down on $600 million Prominent Hill ...

SA miner Oz Minerals has approved a $ 600 million shaft expansion at Prominent Hill. This is expected to increase copper production by 23% annually and extend the life of the mine to at least 2036. Workers at the Prominent Hill Mine in Osminerals. Yesterday's final investment decision was that an Adelaide-based company would generate …

Oz Minerals at tipping point to two-mines future

Prominent Hill was supposed to be part of the package deal that delivered Oz Minerals to Chinese control back in 2008-09. But the project's proximity to …

OZ Minerals halts operations at copper-gold mine after ...

Sept 6 (Reuters) - OZ Minerals OZL.AX said on Monday operations at its Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia state were temporarily suspended after an …

OZ Minerals halts operations at copper-gold mine after ...

OZ Minerals said on Monday operations at its Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia state were temporarily suspended after an underground worker died over the weekend. The 43-year old ...

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.

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

OZ Minerals triples profit, flags $600m Prominent Hill expansion. South Australia's Prominent Hill copper and gold mine will operate for almost two …

Why Invest in OZ Minerals | OZ Minerals

OZ Minerals headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, is a world-class mining business that focuses on copper extraction. The company owns and operates Prominent Hill – a high quality copper-gold mine in South Australia, Carrapateena – an iron-oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) underground mine located in the highly prospective Gawler Craton in South Australia and Antas – a small, high ...

OZ Minerals drives Prominent Hill ... - Australian Mining

OZ Minerals is set to accelerate underground development at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia with fresh funding boost. The …

OZ Minerals Progresses Prominent Hill Expansion ... - Copper

Australian copper & gold miner OZ Minerals plans to invest $47M toward the potential expansion of its Prominent Hill mine in South Australia. The recently released Prominent Hill Expansion Study update confirms feasibility of a vertical hoisting shaft to replace truck haulage, with the expansion having the potential to lower site operating costs by $10-$15 per tonne and reduce greenhouse gas ...

Oz Minerals drills down on $600 million Prominent Hill ...

Oz Minerals drills down on $600 million Prominent Hill expansion Business . 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 and extend the mine's life until at least 2036.