Honeymoon Well mine

Honeymoon Well mine
Location
Honeymoon Well mine
Location 45km south of Wiluna
State Western Australia
Country Australia
Coordinates 26°40′S 120°25′E / 26.667°S 120.417°E / -26.667; 120.417Coordinates: 26°40′S 120°25′E / 26.667°S 120.417°E / -26.667; 120.417[1]
Production
Products Nickel
Owner
Company Norilsk Nickel

The Honeymoon Well mine is a proposed mining project in the west of Australia in the state of Western Australia. Honeymoon Well represents one of the largest nickel reserves in Australia with estimated reserves of 189 million tonnes of ore grading 0.7% nickel.[2] The 189 million tonnes of ore contains 1.34 million tonnes of nickel metal.[2]

The Honeymoon Well project comprises Wedgetail, Hannibals, Harrier, Corella and Harakka Fields with prospective areas at Albion Downs North and South. Most of these are fields of disseminated nickel sulphide, but Wedgetail contains solid and vein ore.[3] It did not produce any metal for Norilsk in the first half of 2018.[4] In 2012, it had been expected to be producing by 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gole, Martin; Andrews, DL; Drew, GJ; Woodhouse, M (January 1998). "Honeymoon Well nickel deposits". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Reserves of nickel". nornik.ru. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Australia". Operations and Assets. Nornickel. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Production Report 1H 2018" (PDF). Norilsk Nickel. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Swanepoel, Esmarie (28 June 2012). "Honeymoon Well to produce by 2017 - Norilsk". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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