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Mining News Pro - OZ Minerals is expecting major growth from its Australian assets this year off the back of strong production at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia.
The company met its copper production and cost guidance at the Prominent Hill mine for the sixth consecutive year, delivering 46 million tonnes of copper in 2020.
It has given OZ Minerals confidence to ramp up growth across its portfolio, including the Carrapateena copper-gold mine in South Australia.
OZ Minerals managing director and chief executive Andrew Cole said the company had been successful in withstanding COVID-19, which had allowed it to continue its growth strategy.
“Reflecting on the year, our culture enabled us to quickly adapt to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 environment, safely achieve our operational goals and advance our growth pipeline with the ramp up of our new Carrapateena mine and study updates on the Carrapateena expansion, Prominent Hill expansion and the West Musgrave copper-nickel project,” he said.
“2021 will be a year where OZ Minerals will move into our next phase of growth with major growth catalysts at all of our assets.”
OZ Minerals expects Carrapateena’s recently approved block cave expansion to deliver world class potential.
“The expansion creates the potential for a world class multi-generational mining province considering its scale, production, mine life, low cost base and jurisdiction,” Cole said.
OZ Minerals will begin its block cave works in the fourth quarter of 2020, while the company looks to complete and commission its tailings pump upgrade project, construction of the Western Access Road and explore automation and electrification opportunities.
OZ Minerals will also aim to ramp up its underground mining rates at Prominent Hill to 4-5 million tonnes per annum and complete the site’s expansion study.
Cole said the Prominent Hill expansion study would boost production and mine life by using a shaft haulage system to access deeper ore.
OZ Minerals boosted its net profit after tax to $213 million last year, up from $164 million in 2019, despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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