Copper Mines of Tasmania
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Copper Mines of Tasmania Is the name of the successor company to the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company that operated in Queenstown, Tasmania for just short of one hundred years.
The first form of the company existed during the time of the Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
Following the first form going into administration in 1998 the mine was then acquired in 1999 by Monte Cello BV. [1]
First it operated a as a subsidiary and then acquired by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited [2]
Its mine output goes to supply the companies copper smelter in Tuticorin, India.
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- http://www.cmt.com.au/history.asp Copper Mines of Tasmania history
