Xstrata Copper North Queensland.pdf - Mount Isa Mines
Xstrata Copper North Queensland.pdf - Mount Isa Mines
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