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Mount Isa Mines copper smelter worker suffers burns to 60 per cent of his body in workplace incident
The contract workers were at the Mount Isa Mines copper smelter when a steam vent opened adjacent to where they were working. A 26-year-old man suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body from the ...
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Queensland’s copper sector lives on beyond Mt Isa
Speculation is growing over which projects would help plug a supply gap in one of Australia’s largest mining complexes ...
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Lucky Luke Mount Isa
The artwork for Lucky Luke's debut album shows him holding Mount Isa's infamous lead smelter like a didgeridoo. It's as if he's taking it back for his people. "The photo, as you say, is almost like I ...
Townsville Bulletin10d
Premier David Crisafulli has cautioned Glencore not to play with Queenslanders’ livelihoods
Premier David Crisafulli has savagely accused international commodities giant Glencore of acting against Australian interests ...
The Weekly Times1mon
Best years ahead for resource rich North-West province
The impending closure of the Mt Isa smelter does not spell the end of the ... That was the message from last week’s Meeting of the Mines conference in Cloncurry where local mayor Greg Campbell ...
Townsville Bulletin14d
How North Queensland’s deep mine shafts could be used for energy generation
Glencore plans to close its underground copper operations in Mount Isa, which it considers ... plant and Glencore’s copper smelter, as well as regional mines, and the council and its MP Robbie ...