PHOTO: Mine work at Hermidale. IMAGE: Trittion Copper.
An upsurge in global demands means the acceleration of new copper mines and deeper excavation of existing ones across the Western Plains.
“We are seeing some of the world’s largest copper mines in Latin America and South East Asia close down and the new mines coming up around the world aren’t big enough to replace them, so demand is outstripping supply,” says the General Manager of Tritton Copper Operations Scott Ramsay.
“Our existing mine at Tritton near Hermidale has been going since 2004 and is 1.3 kilometres deep,” he said. “At the moment we are in the process of drilling it another 120 metres below its deepest level.”
Deeper excavations are also occurring at the Murrawombie mine near Girilambone…