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All Images: MMG BY EMMA DAVIES MMG’S Rosebery mine in Tasmania recently achieved an important milestone – mining and milling 1 million tonnes on a rolling 12-month basis, for the first time in its more than 80-year history. Rosebery's record result was achieved following improvements to the mine’s tailings dam, insourcing of the mine development work, and an upgraded fleet. MMG Rosebery general manager Jenkins Kroon was pleased with the site’s production rates. “In the third quarter of 2018 Rosebery produced 19,218 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate, broadly flat when compared to the second quarter of 2018 and up 12 per cent on the prior corresponding period,” Mr Kroon said. “The strong production was driven largely by another record...

Image: Grange Resources.     BY CAMERON DRUMMOND   GROWTH projects are underway across many of Tasmania’s larger operations, but greenfields exploration has remained stagnant. Now, the State Growth Department is investing $2m over four years in a drilling grant initiative, a move it hopes will help encourage a new minerals exploration boom.   Tasmania's mining industry is starting to rebound, with several potential projects now in the pipeline. Mining is the Island State’s largest export industry, accounting for more than 50 per cent of earnings, or nearly $2 billion in the 2017 financial year. Tasmania’s three large operating mines include Rosebery (zinc, lead, gold, copper and silver), Savage River (magnetite, which is converted into iron ore pellets at Port...