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OverviewAditya Birla Minerals has mining and exploration activities focused at the Nifty copper operation in the Pilbara region, northern Western Australia, and the Mt Gordon copper operation in northwest Queensland, Australia.
Figure: Location of Nifty and Mt Gordon operations The Nifty copper operation consists of an open pit mine, heap leach pads and a solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX–EW) processing plant, which produces copper cathode. Birla Nifty's copper cathode capacity is 25 ktpa. In FY2005, Nifty produced 15,826 tonnes of copper cathode. A copper sulphide deposit is located at the lower levels of the Nifty open pit mine and an underground mine and concentrator have been developed to mine and process ore from this deposit. The Nifty Sulphide Operation, commenced ore production from stoping in December 2005 and concentrate production in March 2006. With the start-up of the Nifty Sulphide Operation and its progressive ramp up during FY2007, Aditya Birla Minerals is entering a period of rapid growth. The Mt Gordon copper operation consists of an underground and open pit mine, a copper concentrate plant and ferric leach plant. Until recently, the operation produced copper cathode through the ferric leach process. In 2004, a copper concentrator was commissioned to provide concentrate for use at Hindalco’s operations in Dahej. In FY2005, Mt Gordon produced 35,126 tonnes of copper in cathode/concentrate. The company also has exploration rights in the Paterson province of Western Australia and in Queensland. Hindalco Industries Limited (“Hindalco”) has a 51.0% shareholding in Aditya Birla Minerals. Hindalco is Asia’s largest integrated aluminium producer and a growing producer of copper metal from copper in concentrate. Hindalco is a member of the Aditya Birla Group, which is one of India’s largest conglomerates. Click here for further information regarding the operations of Hindalco. Click here for further information regarding the operations of the Aditya Birla Group. |
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