
Rosebery MMG: A Rosy Outlook
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…