Olympic Dam mine
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poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia
Official website
What we do | BHP
We provide the materials for essential infrastructure, enabling better standards of living and facilitating greater prosperity.
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Described at
ICMM - Global Mining Dataset: Understanding the global distribution of mining and metals facilities
Demand for minerals is rising, but debates on mining and metals' impact are stalled by fragmented data. ICMM is undertaking a multi-year initiative to build comprehensive, transparent datasets, starting with a global overview of mining and processing facilities.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mine
- Named after
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- South Australia
- Continent
- Australian continent
- Employees
- 3500
- Operator
- BHP Group
- Official website
- www.bhp.com/our-businesses/minerals-australia/olympic-dam
- Image
- OlympicDamMainShafts.JPG
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- product or material produced
- lanthanum
- date of official opening
- 1988-00-00
- inception
- 1988-01-01
- has characteristic
- underground mining
- Commons category
- Olympic Dam mine
- street address
- Olympic Way, Olympic Dam SA 5725, Australia
- postal code
- SA 5725
- described at URL
- www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset
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