Aug 30, 2019· Olympic Dam. Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, Olympic Dam is one of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold, silver and uranium. Olympic Dam is made up of underground and surface operations and operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal. The underground mine is made up of more than 450 kilometres ...
Oct 26, 2020· Olympic Dam (Image: BHP Billiton) The South Australian government declared the Brownfield Expansion (BFX) a major project in February 2019 after BHP announced in 2017 it was investigating the project. The AUD3.5 billion (USD2.5 billion) expansion was expected to increase copper output at Olympic Dam from 200,000 tonnes a year to up to 300,000 ...
Oct 10, 2011· BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers said the planned mining expansion was part of $80 billion worth of proposed capital investment by the company over the next five years.
Australia on Monday gave environmental approval for mining behemoth BHP Billiton to expand its Olympic Dam project and create what officials said could be the world's largest open pit mine.
BHP Billiton expects to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on expanding its Olympic Dam underground mine in the next few years, a South Australian mining conference was told on Wednesday.
"In Australia, Olympic Dam delivered its best quarterly production in the past five years and we are on track for first (iron ore) production from South Flank (in the Pilbara) in the middle of the 2021 calendar year," he said. "BHP has started the new financial year with …
Aug 22, 2012· BHP Billiton has shelved its planned $20 billion Olympic Dam expansion in Australia and put all other approvals on hold as the world's largest miner battles escalating development costs,... | …
BHP Billiton has adopted Maptek Vulcan™ for the Olympic Dam Expansion project (ODX) in South Australia's far north. This project will be the largest open pit mining operation in Australia, rivalling BHP Billiton's giant Escondida copper mine in northern Chile, which also uses Vulcan. BHP Billiton Olympic Dam expansion
Jul 30, 2012· Aside from Olympic Dam, BHP's board is also due to decide on two other major projects — an iron-ore port expansion in Western Australia and a potash project in Canada — by the end of the year. The three projects may cost a combined $68 billion to build, according to a May 23 estimate from Deutsche Bank AG.
Nov 13, 2012· BHP Billiton gave a commitment to spend $650 million over the next four years in South Australia. It said it would spend $540 million re-scoping the expansion …
BHP will aim to complete its asset integrity program over the next two years to underpin copper production at Olympic Dam. Overall copper production ore by …
Jul 30, 2012· BHP Billiton may delay a decision on the proposed $30bn expansion of the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia, according to local reports. The news follows a decision by BHP in May to scrap an $80bn capital spending plan over five years due to uncertain global economic conditions.
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Mar 30, 2011· Top global miner BHP Billiton has moved into the feasibility study stage of preparing a long-awaited expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia.
Aug 08, 2017· Olympic Dam is set to benefit from BHP's investment of more than A$600 million. Olympic Dam is set to benefit from BHP's investment of more than A$600 million ... 1891-2021: 130 years of writing the future of mining. SPONSORED abb. ... Register online now ...
Jul 18, 2010· Five years on from the early boom-town talk and the highly-spruiked expansion seems as far away as ever. Hole lot of trouble for BHP – The Independent Weekly, KEVIN NAUGHTON.17 Jul, 2010 BHP Billiton's Clark Shaft at Olympic Dam is set to return to full production, ending a nine-month lull in copper and uranium output. But the news comes as speculation again surfaces about the …
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Oct 20, 2020· BHP backs away from Olympic Dam expansion BHP is moving its Oak Dam copper discovery in South Australia to the next stage, but is less enthusiastic about the US$2.5 billion Olympic Dam brownfield expansion (BFX).
Aug 22, 2012· BHP shares traded 10c higher at $33.37 in response to the news on the Olympic Dam delay. Shares had previously traded below yesterday's close. The stock has nevertheless lost 13 per cent of its value in the last 12 months.
Nov 17, 2020· The sort of expensive maintenance campaign that Olympic Dam's surface infrastructure needs every five years or so is due in 2021. It will cost $500 million and will halt production for a …
Aug 30, 2019· The School is one of many activities underway to prepare Olympic Dam for the future. "Olympic Dam is a world-class multi-generational resource that continues to make a significant contribution to the South Australian economy," Ms Tyler said. "BHP is one of South Australia's largest employers, with approximately 4,000 staff.
Sep 13, 2011· BHP Billiton plans to supplement the existing underground copper and uranium mine near Roxby Downs with a massive open-cut mine. The open pit will be 4 kilometres long by 3.5 kilometres wide and 1 kilometre deep.
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA--By the end of this year, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) will have completed a prefeasibility study for transforming the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine into …
Oct 26, 2020· BHP Billiton drops expansion of Olympic Dam. world-nuclear-news.org 2020-10-26. A planned expansion of the Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South Australia has been scrapped by BHP Billiton after studies of the ore body questioned the viability of the project. It has decided instead to invest in the existing infrastructure at the ...
Olympic Dam Expansion. BHP Billiton has undertaken extensive community consultation and engagement to help prepare the Draft EIS. Its publication now provides the community with the opportunity to comment directly to government on BHP Billiton's plans to further unlock the potential of the ore body at Olympic Dam.
Oct 20, 2020· BHP sets foundation for Olympic Dam expansion. Tuesday, October 20th, 2020. BHP's Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. Source: BHP. BHP has recorded another round of promising results during the third phase of Oak Dam exploration drilling in South Australia, cementing the prospect as a long-term growth opportunity for the Olympic Dam copper mine.
BHP is also seeking federal approval for TSF6 to be held prior to and separate from a required federal and state assessment of a major proposed expansion in the scale of underground mining at Olympic Dam, with copper production to increase from 200,000 to 350,000 tonnes per year.
May 22, 2019· New drilling results have forced a rethink of Olympic Dam expansion planning, with BHP conceding the project may cost more and deliver less copper. ... BHP now expects the expansion to …