9 operations. Operator and ownership are as publicly reported by the operators; scale is described rather than asserted with a production figure unless the operator publishes one.
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| Mine | Country | Operator | Type | Deposit | Produces | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Basin Queensland | Australia | BHP Mitsubishi Alliance and others | Open pit and underground longwall | Permian coal measures | Metallurgical Coal | 1960 |
| Cannington Queensland | Australia | South32 | Underground | Broken Hill-type silver-lead-zinc | Silver, Lead, Zinc | 1997 |
| Greenbushes Western Australia | Australia | Talison Lithium | Open pit | Zoned pegmatite | Lithium, Tantalum | 1888 |
| Groote Eylandt (GEMCO) Northern Territory | Australia | South32 | Open pit | Sedimentary manganese | Manganese | 1965 |
| Kalgoorlie Super Pit (Fimiston) Western Australia | Australia | Northern Star Resources | Open pit | Archaean orogenic gold | Gold, Silver | 1989 |
| Mount Weld Western Australia | Australia | Lynas Rare Earths | Open pit | Weathered carbonatite | Rare Earths (all), Neodymium, Praseodymium | 2011 |
| Olympic Dam South Australia | Australia | BHP | Underground | Iron-oxide copper-gold (IOCG) | Copper, Uranium, Gold, Silver | 1988 |
| Pilbara Iron Ore District Western Australia | Australia | Rio Tinto, BHP, FMG, Hancock | Open pit | Banded iron formation, hematite enrichment | Iron Ore | 1966 |
| Pilgangoora Pilbara, Western Australia | Australia | Pilbara Minerals | Open pit | LCT pegmatite | Lithium, Tantalum | 2018 |
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Bowen Basin
The largest seaborne source of hard coking coal.
Cannington
One of the largest single silver producers in the world.
Greenbushes
The largest hard-rock lithium mine in the world.
Groote Eylandt (GEMCO)
One of the largest and highest-grade manganese operations in the world.
Kalgoorlie Super Pit (Fimiston)
One of the largest open-pit gold mines in the world.
Mount Weld
The mine behind the largest rare-earth separation capacity outside China.
Olympic Dam
One of the largest single orebodies of any kind, holding copper, uranium, gold and silver together.
Pilbara Iron Ore District
The largest iron-ore export region in the world.
Pilgangoora
One of the largest independent hard-rock lithium operations.