Dotted along an outback Queensland horizon, mining stacks rise from the red dirt below. Marking the epicentre of one of the ...

1923: Lead ore is discovered in Mount ... mineral from its weight". After sending samples to an assayer in Cloncurry, it was confirmed the earth contained significant lead-silver deposits.

Yet, as local state MP Robbie Katter says, Mount Isa, for all its problems, also happens to be the “capital’’ of the North West Minerals Province, one of the richest mineral deposits on ...

And there is plenty of mineral ... is Mount Isa. This province is one of the richest in the world, with more than half a trillion dollars worth of lead, zinc and silver phosphate deposits as ...

Mount Isa’s location on incredibly mineral-rich deposits (it’s estimated there is $680bn still in the ground across the North West Minerals Province) and its highly skilled mining workforce ...

Demand for the mineral is set to double over ... an area nearly 100 kilometres north-east of Mount Isa known for its large ...

Mount Isa has unveiled a bold $2 billion bid to herald ... A sulfuric acid production plant, harvesting the pyrite mineral found at the town’s Tailings Dam, could also produce enough material ...

THE country north of Mount Isa has the potential to deliver the world’s next big zinc mine with huge benefits for Townsville in jobs and manufacturing. Pursuit Minerals Ltd, currently listed on ...

Wollongong start-up Green Gravity says has begun initial work on a potential 2GWh gravitational energy storage project using disused mine shafts in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland. A fortnight ...

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said that the four-year Mount Isa Line subsidy would support ... where 75% of the state’s base metal and mineral deposits are, is crucial to growing this figure ...