Metallic Minerals
The main change in metallic mineral production from 1999-2000 to 2000-01 was a decrease in lead, zinc and silver production, due to the closure in June 2000 of the Hellyer mine, which had exhausted mineable reserves.
PRODUCTION OF METALLIC MINERALS, Tasmania
|
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
|  | |
| | tonnes(a) | tonnes(a) |
|
| Gold | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Silver | 156 | 101 |
| Zinc | 161,883 | 77,430 |
| Copper | 27,806 | 30,127 |
| Lead | 65,416 | 30,290 |
| Tin | 9,207 | 8,985 |
| Iron ore pellets | 2,068,341 | 2,027,324 |
- nil or rounded to zero
. . not applicable
Source: Mineral Resources, Tasmania, Annual Review 2000-2001. |
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