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GREENBUSHES MINE |
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Australia
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Western australia |
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Bunbury |
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PRODUCTION
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Surface |
100 km² / 24,710 acres |
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Latitude / Longitude |
33 S 51 / 116 E 03 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the GREENBUSHES MINE |
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| Title(s) of the GREENBUSHES MINE |
 | Talison Minerals
Owner: 100% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| Location of the GREENBUSHES MINE |
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Greenbushes is located 250km south-east of Perth and 80km from Bunbury, a major bulk handling port in Western Australia.
All of Australia's lithium resources are in the Greenbushes spodumene deposit in WA. It is the world's largest and highest grade spodumene deposit. All of lithium EDR is accessible for mining. Approximately 85% of EDR comprises JORC Code reserves as reported by industry.
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| History of the GREENBUSHES MINE |
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Early mining was for tin minerals and tantalum was first mined in earnest in the middle of the 20th century. A progressive drop in tin grades means tin production is now a by-product of the tantalum process. Tantalum hard rock operations commenced in more...
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| Geology of the GREENBUSHES MINE |
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Over the past century Greenbushes has expanded from a collection of small labour-intensive alluvial tin mining operations into the world's largest tantalum and spodumene mine.
The Greenbushes ore body is a highly mineralised zoned pegmatite w more...
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| Production history |
| Metal | 2007 | 2000 |
| LITHIUM (lbs) | 21,000,000 | |
| TANTALUM (lbs) | | 693,660 |
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Data last updated on : 12/31/2007
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Disclaimer
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