1 Site profile - background on customer The Prominent Hill Mine, owned by Oz Minerals, is a major copper, silver and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which is owned and operated by OZ Minerals. The deposit is an iron oxide copper gold style mineralisation. The development includes an open- pit mine, a fledgling underground mine and a conventional grinding and flotation processing plant. A permanent village accommodates the fly-in / fly-out workforce. Ore from Prominent Hill travels to customers via the Adelaide–Darwin railway, which passes within 116 km of the mine to the Port of Darwin Customer situation Minova were contacted by Oz Minerals in early 2012 to assist in creating a safe work environment for personnel carrying o

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