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Sep 19, 2026
ArdeetHOST
Many of the workers then were recent migrants from Britain or Europe.
ArdeetHOST
In 1961, Western Mining Corporation took a 50% interest and they started doing it as open cut mining and they eventually took full ownership in Australia.
ArdeetHOST
Then Rio Tinto bought the mine in 2001 and then sold it to Imerys in 2011, which is a French industrial minerals company.
ArdeetHOST
And then the mob still operates it.
ArdeetHOST
Many of the workers then were recent migrants from Britain or Europe.
ArdeetHOST
In 1961, Western Mining Corporation took a 50% interest and they started doing it as open cut mining and they eventually took full ownership in Australia.
ArdeetHOST
Then Rio Tinto bought the mine in 2001 and then sold it to Imerys in 2011, which is a French industrial minerals company.
ArdeetHOST
And then the mob still operates it.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Yep.
TerryAUDIENCE
Back in the 80s, BHP, Rio Tinto and Western Mining all came to the government and said, we want to build a railway line from Townsville to Port Headland.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
Yep.
TerryAUDIENCE
Across Australia to link all of our mines and basically then we were going to build a nice big refinery in the middle of Australia where all of the materials could go from one coast to the other and be shipped out of our country.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
So I'm a geologist by trade and, um, you know, when I was younger, I worked for the major gold companies.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
Uh, y- you know, Western Mining, who doesn't exist now, they were bought by BHP.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
Um, I worked for Placer Dome, and I was lucky enough to be involved in very big gold projects.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
Uh, my first summer in 1989 when I worked for BHP, they found a million-ounce gold deposit.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
Yeah, so I'm a geologist by trade.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
And, you know, when I was younger, I worked for the major gold companies, you know, Western Mining, who doesn't exist now, they were bought by BHP.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
I worked for Placer Dome.
Rob CarpenterGUEST
And I was lucky enough to be involved in very big gold projects.
Belinda VarischettiHOST
Edmund Ainscough is a former chief geologist.
Belinda VarischettiHOST
for Western Mining Corporation at Kembalda's St Ives operation.
Belinda VarischettiHOST
Three minutes to one.
Belinda VarischettiHOST
In wool sales this week, the eastern market indicator was down 12 cents to close at $1,878 a kilogram clean.
Mark SelbyGUEST
So that should serve as a reminder to people, you know, to think about the economics and not great.
Mark SelbyGUEST
So Western Mining, which was subsequently acquired by BHP, developed this asset.
Mark SelbyGUEST
So Mark Kudafani, who I work with at INCO, who went on to become CEO at Anglo Gold and then Anglo American.
Mark SelbyGUEST
He and several of his team built this asset.