Woodlawn zinc and copper mine will be put into production at the end of the year with an annual production target of 40,000 tons zinc mine and 10,000 tons copper mine
2018 09/28
New south wales Woodlawn zinc copper project (Woodlawn zincl - copper project) is a step toward production and for the first time Underground mining is expected to begin earlier in the week Heron Resources company announced the news earlier this week, the company announced the construction is as planned the Heron Wayne Taylor, general manager, said the ongoing underground mining activity is a sign of good progress, the project is expected to be put into use at the end of 2018, the company said the project's annual target of 40000 tons of zinc concentrate 10000 tons 10000 tons of copper concentrate from underground mining operations of lead concentrate Taylor, general manager, says major progress has been made in all aspects of the project, by the end of August, engineering procurement and construction project has been completed 73% Woodlawn ore between 1978 to 1998, has been operating for 20 years, the company at that time because of its former owner Denehurst Limited experience problems by the closure of the companyIn a report published in the Heron company admitted based on trade war base metal market fluctuations, but said the metal price is still higher than that of the company in 2019, feasibility study hypothesis in this study, Heron hypothesis zinc base price of $2230 a tonne by the closing on September 26th, LME three-month zinc price is $2545 / ton, far lower than early 2018 the price of $3595 / ton, but in the middle of August hit a year-to-date low the price of $2283 / ton is improvedHeron believes that the long-term prospects of zinc-cu-lead metals are still of great help to the company's development of the Woodlawn zinc copper mine
