Olympic mine job losses The Age BARRY FITZGERALD November 7, 2009 BHP Billiton has warned of job losses among its contractor workforce at the damaged Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine in South Australia until full production resumes in the March quarter next year………….there will be a net loss of contractor numbers before a resumption of full production at the mine. All up, it has about 3000 employees and contractors and underpins the nearby Roxby Downs township………………….
While a significant copper producer, Olympic Dam’s real importance to world metal markets is its uranium production. At about 4000 tonnes a year, it accounts for about 10 per cent of new mine supply of the radioactive material.
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