Australian copper mines produced some 960,000 tonnes of the red metal in 2019 from 36 operational assets spread across the country.
As the home of the world’s second largest reserves of copper, and the sixth largest producer of the red metal behind the US, Australia has dozens of productive copper mines.
Government data from 2019 shows there were 36 operational mines that year though since then more have come online, and plenty more projects are in the exploration and development stages.
Some 960,000 tonnes of copper were produced in 2019 from those 36 operational mines, which are spread across most of Australia’s jurisdictions.
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By Bianca Dabu
19 February 2021
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While it’s become apparent that regional housing markets have stolen the spotlight, having outpaced their capital city counterparts in 2020, new research has shown that inland rural towns have also sprouted in popularity.
Housing values across regional Australia climbed 7.9 per cent in 2020, surpassing the growth rate recorded across the combined capital cities by over four times, the latest CoreLogic Property Pulse has revealed.
The top areas attracting buyer attention include high-profile regions such as Byron Bay and Noosa, including semi-rural markets like wine regions and hinterland locations close to the major metro regions.
Mount Isa Mines have tried everything to attract workers over the years
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Mount Isa Mines in the 1970s offered shares in the company and helped workers purchase homes.
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When Alan Rackham and his wife Dale moved from South East Queensland to the remote mining city of Mount Isa, the trip took six days, most of the road was dirt and the town was relatively undeveloped.
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Alan Rackham moved to Mount Isa in the 1970s from South East Queensland and never left
He says having shares in the local mine and incentives to buy a house helped keep him around