The Northern Territory Government has placed a total ban on seabed mining around Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Members of the Territory Cabinet have spent two days on the island, about 600 kilometres southeast of Darwin, and were under pressure from locals to put a ban in place.
The world's biggest mining company will expand its manganese operation at Groote Eylandt in the Northern Billiton announced the 254 million expansion of the GEMCO mine in a ...
Holdings Proprietary Limited, Groote Eylandt Mining Company Proprietary Limited (GEMCO) and Samancor AG (collectively referred to as Samancor), be approved, without conditions. Samancor is a joint venture in which BHP Billiton Plc (BHP Billiton) and Anglo American have a shareholding of 60% and 40%, respectively. BHP Billiton
Jul 30, 2010· Groote Resources granted exploration rights for four exploration licences comprising 1,665km² of shallow marine tenements immediately next to Gemco's (BHP Billiton (60%) and Angle American Corporation (40%) worldclass manganese mine.
Diversified miner BHP Billiton has restarted the Groote Eylandt manganese mine, in the Northern Territory. Operations at the mine were suspended on March 28, ...
New agreement to extend manganese mine on Groote Eylandt. A major mining company has signed an agreement with traditional land owners on Groote Eylandt to extend its manganese mine. South 32 GEMCO already has one of the biggest manganese mines in operation on the island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with access to about 8,300 hectares.
Why South32 is a gift for BHP Billiton shareholders. The collection of assets to be spun off from the world's largest mining company is a tremendous gift to shareholders.
Mar 17, 2015· MELBOURNE (Reuters) BHP Billiton plans to spin off its aluminium, manganese, nickel, silver and some coal assets into a company called South32 in May. On Tuesday, it gave investors their first detailed look at the new company. Assets Australia Worsley Alumina bauxite mine, alumina refinery Groote ...
Nov 08, 2010· Groote Resources faces legal action over Aboriginal land. By Lindsay Murdoch. Brisbane Times. 8 November 2010. Darwin ABORIGINAL traditional owners are planning legal action to stop the West Australianbased explorer Groote Resources exploring and mining undersea for manganese near Groote Eylandt, off Arnhem Land.
GEMCO is owned by a worldwide corporation called BHP Billiton. BHP must pay royalties to the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust Fund because they are making billions of dollars by selling the manganese that's unearthed from the Warnandilyakwan people's land. This money is used for Aboriginal community purposes on the island.
In 2016, Annette accepted a Graduate Engineer role with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance and moved up to Queensland to work residentially at Goonyella Riverside Mine then FIFO at Caval Ridge Mine. Annette has worked in haulage, drill and blast, dragline and truck and shovel
Macquarie Wealth Management BHP Billiton 30 April 2015 2 GEMCO site tour highlights 900The GEMCO (Groote Eylandt Mining Company) is the largest and lowest cost manganese mine in the world. The project is operated by BHP, which owns 60% and controls all manganese marketing. Anglo American holds the remaining 40%.
BHP Billiton to expand Gemco manganese mine. A conveyor belt transports manganese at Alyangula, Groote Eylandt. By David Fickling; Dow Jones; ... on the island of Groote Eylandt in Gulf of ...
1964 the Groote Eylandt Mining Company was granted leases on the island, and the first shipments of manganese ore left in 1966. Groote Eylandt now produces .
Aug 20, 2014· The Cannington lead and silver mine in Queensland and the Worsley alumina operations in Western Australia will also demerge to NewCo along with the Groote Eylandt Mining Company in the Northern Territory and the Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company.
LATEST NEWS. BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has appointed Central Queensland business, Walz Group, for a 31M project to remove decommissioned marine infrastructure from the Hay Point Coal Terminal, south of Mackay. Walz Group will deconstruct and remove the original trestle and conveyor that transported coal from...
completion of a questionnaire. In particular we are grateful to the Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island Regional Partnership Committee (RPC) and to its subcommittees for allowing us to observe meetings and to the Anindilyakwa Land Council (ALC) for its hospitality during our visits to Groote Eylandt.
But for BHP Billiton's Gemco manganese mine on remote Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, engagement with the traditional owners, the Anindilyakwaspeaking people, has been a fact of life ...
Sep 10, 2013· BHP already has a manganese project on Groote Eylandt in a joint venture with Anglo American, although it is believed BHP had no immediate plans to expand into the waters off the island.
South32 is a mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It was spun out of BHP Billiton on 25 May 2015. The company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with secondary listings on the Johannesburg bourse and the London market. Products