MMG Dugald River: Think Zinc
The Dugald River tailings storage facility dam wall. All images: MMG. BY ELIZABETH FABRI A SURGE in zinc demand over the last 12 months has MMG well placed as its $1.4 billion Dugald River mine nears first shipment in December, several months ahead of schedule. Sitting on one of the world’s largest undeveloped zinc-lead-silver deposits, Dugald River will come online at an opportune time for MMG as it works towards its goal of becoming a top mid-tier mining company by 2020. It will be a game changer; once Dugald River enters production MMG will add a further 170,000 tonnes of zinc (at peak) to its group production a year. This represents a sizeable increase on current group zinc production, which…