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Cadia-Ridgeway mine

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six months to put in place an alternative. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake had been recorded in the area the day before cracks were noticed in the wall. The mine had also been closed for 3 months in 2017 due to earthquake damage. The company subsequently obtained a permit from the N.S.W. Government to use the old Cadia Hill open cut pit for tailings storage and commenced to do so during 2018.
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to the current rights to the towns treated effluent water that the mine has received for free since beginning its operations in the late 1990s. Orange City Council believes the mine has broken the original agreement it had with the mine due to the mine's recent expansion and development of Cadia East
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In March 2012, production was stopped at the mine following the partial collapse of a wall retaining one of the tailings dams. Tailings were retained in the adjacent dam, but production was halted pending a solution to disposal or storage of future tailings. It was reported that it could take one to
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on 23 November 2012 and will expire on 15 November 2016. The Australian Workers Union was nominated as a bargaining representative for this agreement. This was the first agreement that the union had involvement with Newcrest at the Cadia-Ridgeway Mine.
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caused all underground production to cease while visual and other examinations were undertaken. Underground production was affected for several weeks. Processing of ore stored above ground was continued.
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later offered to supply water from a disused quarry on Icely Road to the east of Orange. There was also a dispute in July 2009 currently in the courts between Orange City Council and
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In May 2007, due to the prolonged drought which was likely to adversely affect production in the near future, the company approached
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requesting to use some of the town water supply. Orange City Council subsequently agreed to allow a supply initially from
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underground mine, and Cadia East underground mine, adjacent to the Cadia Open Cut Mine. The mine is operated by Newmont.
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Cadia Valley Operations - Ridgeway, Cadia Quarry/Extended, Cadia Hill, Cadia East/Far East Big Cadia
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and Ridgeway Deeps projects, and now would like the mine to purchase the treated effluent water.
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The Ridgeway Deeps mine site contains a large number of autonomous systems including
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Gold mine near Orange stops extraction, halts work following underground incident
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located in the Cadia Valley, about 20 kilometres south of the regional city of
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deposits are also being uncovered from the more recently developed
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396 MW wind farm to supply some of its power needs for 15 years.
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The employees at the Cadia-Ridgeway Mine are represented by the
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In 2021, Newcrest contracted 55% (about 650 GWh/year) of the
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White Engine (Cadia, Old Cadia) Deposit Summary Report
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Cadia mine is located in Australia
Cadia
State
New South Wales
Australia
33°28′01″S 148°59′35″E / 33.467°S 148.993°E / -33.467; 148.993
Copper
Gold
Newcrest
www.newcrest.com
underground
open-cut
gold
copper
mines
Orange, New South Wales
Australia
Super Pit
Kalgoorlie
mineral
Ridgeway
Orange City Council
Gosling Creek Reservoir
Lake Canobolas
Suma Park Dam
Spring Creek Reservoir
Cabonne Shire Council
Newcrest
Rye Park
Sandvik

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