Territory New South Wales Phone +61 2 6861 3000 Opened 1994 | Country Australia Company Sumitomo Group | |
Products Copper (60,000 tonnes)
Gold (50,000 ounces) Address Bogan Rd, Goonumbla NSW 2870, Australia Hours Open today · 7:30AM–4:30PMMonday7:30AM–4:30PMTuesday7:30AM–4:30PMWednesday7:30AM–4:30PMThursday7:30AM–4:30PMFriday7:30AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosed Similar CSIRO Parkes Radio Tel, Peak Hill Industries, Parkes Shire Council, Peak Hill Golf Club, Parkes Champion Post Profiles | ||
Block cave mining at northparkes mines
Northparkes is a copper and gold mine in central New South Wales, Australia, approximately 27 kilometres north-northwest of the town of Parkes. The mine was originally started in 1994 using open pit mining, with underground mining using the block caving method starting in 1997. The mine has an operational capacity to process six million tonnes of ore per year, containing roughly 60,000 tonnes of copper and 50,000 ounces of gold. Economic viability of the mine is projected to extend at least to the year 2032.
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The mine is 80% owned by the China Molybdenum Group, with the remaining 20% owned by the Sumitomo Group. The mine was previously owned by North Mining Ltd, with a takeover by Rio Tinto in 2000, before selling its stake in 2013.
Northparkes mines airblast module 2
Technology
Northparkes was one of the first mine sites to have automated loaders, and also the first block-cave mine in Australia.