Mount Isa Mines

Mount Isa Mines
Location
MOUNT ISA is located in Australia
MOUNT ISA
MOUNT ISA
Location in Australia
LocationMount Isa
StateQueensland
CountryAustralia
Coordinates20°42′58″S 139°28′34″E / 20.71611°S 139.47611°E / -20.71611; 139.47611
Production
ProductsCopper
Zinc
Lead
Silver
History
Opened1924
Owner
CompanyGlencore
Websitewww.mountisamines.com.au

Mount Isa Mines Limited ("MIM") operates the Mount Isa copper, lead, zinc and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia as part of the Glencore group of companies. For a brief period in 1980, MIM was Australia's largest company. It has pioneered several significant mining industry innovations, including the Isa Process copper refining technology, the Isasmelt smelting technology, and the IsaMill fine grinding technology, and it also commercialized the Jameson Cell column flotation technology.