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Tasmania has remarkable geological diversity and more than a century's history as a significant minerals producer. The State exports ores and concentrates of iron, copper, lead, zinc, tin, high-grade silica and tungsten.
Tasmania has three large operating mines, including long-term producers Rosebery (zinc, lead, gold, copper, silver), Savage River (magnetite, which is converted into iron ore pellets at Port Latta) and the Renison Joint Venture a major Tin producer. A number of proposed projects are also in various stages of development. Tasmania's major operating mines are: • Rosebery Mine: silver, lead, zinc mining • Renison Mine: tin mining • Savage River Mine: magnetite (iron ore) mine • Henty Mine: gold mining • Cornwall Coal: coal mining in northeast Tasmania Proposed projects include: • Avebury Mine: nickel at Zeehan • Mount Lindsay: iron and tin-tungsten • King Island: scheelite Mines on Care and Maintenance: • Mt Lyell Mine: Copper mining at Queenstown • Avebury Nickel Mine at Zeehan |