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Xstrata Copper North Queensland.pdf - Mount Isa Mines

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<strong>Xstrata</strong> <strong>Copper</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

<strong>Xstrata</strong> <strong>Copper</strong>’s <strong>North</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Division is headquartered in <strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Isa</strong> and comprises the <strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Isa</strong><br />

<strong>Mines</strong> copper operations – consisting of the Enterprise and X41 underground copper mines, the copper<br />

concentrator and copper smelter, Ernest Henry Mining open cut copper mine located near Cloncurry,<br />

and the Townsville operations – comprising the copper refinery, and the Townsville port facilities<br />

and logistics (Townsville port operations). The <strong>Xstrata</strong> <strong>Copper</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Division employs<br />

3,931 people (2,887 employees and 1,044 contractors).<br />

Townsville<br />

Cloncurry<br />

<strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Isa</strong><br />

Bowen<br />

QUEENSL AND<br />

Australia<br />

Brisbane<br />

2010 Production Facts<br />

<strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Isa</strong> <strong>Mines</strong> <br />

copper operations<br />

<strong>Copper</strong> ore<br />

6.1 million tonnes of ore mined at two underground<br />

copper mines: Enterprise and X41<br />

<strong>Copper</strong> in concentrate<br />

158,143 tonnes<br />

<strong>Copper</strong> in anode<br />

214,041 tonnes produced at the smelter<br />

Plants<br />

1 concentrator – 7.2 million tonnes per annum capacity<br />

1 copper smelter – 300,000 tonnes per annum capacity<br />

Ernest Henry Mining<br />

<strong>Copper</strong> ore<br />

15.29 million tonnes of ore mined;<br />

9.84 million tonnes of ore milled on site<br />

<strong>Copper</strong> in concentrate<br />

74,595 tonnes<br />

Gold in concentrate<br />

91,259 ounces<br />

Townsville operations<br />

Townsville copper refinery<br />

2010 throughput<br />

287,001 tonnes of copper cathode<br />

Townsville port operations<br />

2010 throughput<br />

887,836 tonnes concentrate loaded to ship<br />

692,267 tonnes fertiliser loaded to ship<br />

Sustainability Report 2010 1

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