Dugald River development, Australia

The Dugald River deposit is capable of producing about 200 000 t of zinc, 25 000 t of lead and 900 000 t of silver.

Minmetals approves A$157m for Dugald River project

Hong Kong-listed Minmetals Resources on Monday approved A$157-million capital expenditure to develop the next stage of its Dugald River zinc project, in Queensland. Once developed, the project was expected to produce some two-million tons of ore...

Oz Minerals chair urges shareholders to vote in favour of Minmetals deal

Australian diversified miner Oz Minerals on Friday urged shareholders to accept the asset sale offer by China’s Minmetals for a cash price of $1,2-billion, at the annual general meeting to be held on June 11. Oz Minerals chairperson Barry...

Oz Minerals seals new $1,2bn deal with Minmetals

Struggling diversified miner Oz Minerals on Tuesday stated that it has signed a sales implementation agreement with China’s Minmetal’s for its assets, excluding Prominent Hill and Martabe, for an estimated $1,2-billion. “We are pleased that...

Century mine, Australia

Name: Century mine. Location: Approximately 250 km north by north-west of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland, Australia. Brief history: In 1990 the Century deposit was discovered by CRA (now Rio Tinto) and was purchased in 1997 by Pasminco, at...