How many people work at Telfer?

434 staff
Telfer employs 434 staff and 1154 contractors.

What do they mine at Telfer?

Desert of the Pilbara, Western Australia. Telfer is comprised of the Main Dome, West Dome open pits and underground mines and produces gold and copper via a large, dual train, comminution circuit followed by flotation and cyanide circuits, which produce gold doré and a copper-gold concentrate.

When did Telfer mine open?

1977
First mining period 1977 to 2000 The mine opened in 1977 as a joint venture between BHP Billiton and Newmont Mining. In 1990, a merger between Newmont Australia Limited and BHP Gold Limited resulted in the creation of Newcrest Mining, with ownership of the Telfer Mine now lying with Newcrest.

Is Newcrest Mining Australian?

Our Assets Newcrest uses a variety of efficient mining methods for large ore bodies, together with selective underground mining methods to optimise high-grade epithermal deposits and porphyry deposits. Our operating mines are located in Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea.

Where is the Telfer Mine in the Pilbara?

Desert in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Telfer is comprised on the Main Dome, West Dome open pits and underground mines and produces gold and copper via a large, dual train, comminution circuit followed by flotation and cyanide circuits, which produce gold doré and a copper-gold concentrate.

Who is the owner of the Telfer gold mine?

Having been born in dispute, it seems kind of fitting that the final few years of Newcrest’s Telfer gold mine should be punctuated by strife between the mine’s owner and the contractor hired to work its pits. Telfer is the white dwarf of the Patterson Province, a dying sun of gold in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.

Where are the dome structures at Telfer Mine?

The topography at the Telfer mine site is dominated by two large scale asymmetric dome structures with steep west dipping axial planes. Main Dome is located in the southeast portion of the mine and is exposed over a strike distance of 3km north-south and 2km east-west before plunging under transported cover.

When is the Telfer Mine going to close?

Telfer is the white dwarf of the Patterson Province, a dying sun of gold in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Though current owner Newcrest is doing all it can to build a case to extend Telfer’s life, the mine is slated to close in 2023.