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Dawsons Group of Companies was awarded the Support Services Alliance at Century Mine in 2005. Under the SSA Alliance, Dawsons provide maintenance support, shutdown labour, project services and labour hire to MMG.
The Century mine in Queensland is the world’s second largest open pit zinc mine - producing some 500,000 tonnes of zinc annually.
Key Statistics:
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Name |
Century |
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Location |
Located in the remote lower Gulf region of north-west Queensland, Australia. |
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Product |
zinc concentrate, lead concentrate |
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Reserves* |
4.3 million tonnes zinc, 0.4 million tonnes lead, 29.5 million ounces silver |
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Resources* |
5.8 million tonnes zinc, 0.7 million tonnes lead, 52.7 million ounces silver |
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Employees |
970 |
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Mining Method |
Drill, blast, load, haul |
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Processing Method |
Conventional grinding and flotation |
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Start Date |
2000 |
The Century Mine, in the remote lower Gulf region of north-west Queensland, is Australia's largest zinc mine. The Century operations comprise two sites – the mine at Lawn Hill, and associated concentrate dewatering and ship-loading facilities at Karumba, on the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Century zinc concentrate is highly valued by zinc smelters because of its low iron content, which enables smelters to produce minimal amounts of iron-containing by-products that can pose re-treatment and disposal problems.
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