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Malu (Prominent Hill open cut)
| Resource: |
Copper (Cu) - Gold (Ag) |
| Company: |
OZ Minerals (formed in 2008 through a merger of Oxiana Ltd and Zinifex Ltd)
Website: www.ozminerals.com |
| Status: |
Operating |
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Mining operation: |
Open pit mine; a conventional crushing, grinding and flotation processing plant
See Ankata (Prominent Hill underground mine) for information about the underground operation |
| Location: |
| Approximately 650 km north-northwest of Adelaide, about halfway between Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy. |
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| Tenement information: |
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Resource estimates and production estimates: |
Production statistics are available from OZ Minerals' website |
| Approval process: |
The 2009 revised MARP included environmental and social impacts associated with construction, operation and closure of Ankata (Prominent Hill underground mine). |
| Documents and reports: |
Mining and Rehabilitation Compliance Reports (MARCRs)
Annual MARCRs summarise compliance monitoring activities and are intended to provide evidence that the lease is compliant with regulatory requirements, including achieving all social and environmental outcomes.
Mining and rehabilitation program (MARP) - now Program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)
Note: Following amendments to the Mining Act 1971 which came into force on 1 July 2011, MARPs will be replaced by Programs for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPRs). Previously approved MARPs will be deemed to be PEPRs.
The 2009 revised MARP includes environmental and social impacts associated with construction, operation and closure of Ankata (Prominent Hill underground mine).
Executive summary
Prominent Hill Copper-Gold Project Mining and Rehabilitation Program 2009: Executive Summary (.pdf 15.47Mb)
Main report
Prominent Hill Copper-Gold Project Mining and Rehabilitation Program 2009: Main Report (.pdf 212.4Mb)
Appendices
Miscellaneous Purpose Licences (MPLs)
The Operations Wellfield Mining and Rehabilitation Program (MARP) Proposal Addendum for a borefield to supply water for the minesite includes a number of small boundary realignments.
Resizing and realignment of Operations Transmission Line MPL's will use standards outlined by this documentation:
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Phone: +61 8 8463 3000
Email: resources.customerservices@sa.gov.au
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