1923: Lead ore is discovered in Mount Isa by John Campbell Miles 1924-1926: About 200 miners arrive by 1924, growing to 400 by 1926 1927: A mining accident triggers the country's first aerial ...

Mount Isa mines reach end of mine life Glencore executive says too early to put figure on job cuts Co to keep other metals assets operational Oct 18 (Reuters) - Mining giant Glencore (GLEN.L ...

Two years later, around 200 miners had arrived - forming the Mount Isa Mines. This number later doubled by 1926, with accommodation for workers and their families being set up. More than 1000 jobs ...

Swiss mining giant Glencore is set to close its copper mining operations in Mount Isa by the end of 2025, which will result in the loss of about 1200 jobs, but it will keep its refinery and ...

Residents in the mining hub of Mount Isa are taking stock after Glencore announced it would close its Mount Isa copper mine in 2025. Home owners are concerned about a decline in the housing market ...

The men were doing shifts at the above-ground Mount Isa Mines copper smelter in Queensland's remote northwest when a vent unexpectedly opened next to them and shot out scalding steam at 4.19pm on ...

Speaking to Sky News Australia host Laura Jayes on AM Agenda, Mount Isa mayor Danielle Slade said youth crime was an "ongoing problem", but had not always plagued the mining city. "I grew up in ...

Wollongong start-up Green Gravity says has begun initial work on a potential 2GWh gravitational energy storage project using disused mine shafts in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland. A fortnight ...