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Cairn Hill's $800M expansion

LESS than four years on from the collapse in the iron ore price and one of the worst casualties of that rout, the Cairn Hill magnetite mine in South Australia, is aiming to triple production just a year after it resumed operations.

Haydn Black
Cairn Hill's $800M expansion

Chinese-backed CU-River Mining has secured approval for two new pits at Cairn Hill, pledging to spend A$800 million to expand the mine near Coober Pedy and boost production to 3 million tonnes per annum,...

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