One of the only two copper smelters in the country is set to close in outback Queensland in 2030, and experts worry the ...

Founded on the land of the Kalkadoon people, it is renowned for mine stacks that rise from red ... 1923: Lead ore is discovered in Mount Isa by John Campbell Miles 1924-1926: About 200 miners ...

The outback mining hub Mount Isa is making a pitch to become a centre for green energy and critical minerals, in a multi-billion roadmap that could see multiple gigawatts of wind and solar and its ...

An overview of the mine from Isa Street. The site includes the red and white copper smelter stack, the Urquhart headframe, and the grey lead smelter stack, and Mount Isa residents see this in the ...

A landscape with the Mount Isa mine site looming over the town’s landscape. Two of the three stacks are visible, which is Incitec Pivot’s acid plant tower, and the striped stack of the copper ...

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 ...

As mining representatives congregate to Mount Isa for a conference, the event’s chairman addresses the looming issue for the North West. But Steve de Kruijff believes the city is capable of ...