Douglas Mine

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Douglas Mine
Location
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Douglas Mine
Location Kanagulk
Victoria
Country Australia
Coordinates 37°15′06″S141°49′25″E / 37.2517°S 141.8236°E / -37.2517; 141.8236
Production
Products Heavy Minerals
History
Opened2006
Closed2012
Owner
Company Iluka Resources
Website www.iluka.com

The Douglas Mine, also known as the Douglas and Echo Mine, is a mineral sands mine near the town of Balmoral, Victoria, Australia. It was established in 2006 to mine rutile and zircon, and then closed in 2012. [1] Watpac estimated that it extracted 7.5 million tonnes of mineral sands from the mine. [2]

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Closure

Iluka Resources stated that it is committed to rehabilitating the site. [3] However The Age reported that Iluka Resources was seeking approval to continue to operate the Douglas mine site as a dumping ground for up to 20 years. [4] ABC News reported that radioactive gas, a byproduct of the mineral sand mining, had been reported at levels that exceeded the maximum for public exposure. [5]

After the mine closed, The Wimmera Mail-Times reported that local landowners were concerned that the levels of air and water contamination were not being independently monitored. [6] However, the Environment Protection Authority declared that it found that neither pollution or environmental hazard has occurred nor is likely to occur in the future as a result of current and proposed disposal activities. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Murray Basin, Victoria, Australia". Iluka Resources . Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Douglas & Echo Mines". Watpac . Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Murray Basin, Victoria, Australia". Iluka Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Willingham, Richard (28 June 2015). "Horsham Council debates Iluka Resources mining dump site at Kanagulk". The Age . Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Radioactive gas levels at Wimmera mining site near Horsham too high says Landcare group". ABC News . 29 June 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Scully, Sarah (13 February 2015). "Kanagulk Landcare Group calls for Iluka Resources to put up a bond for Douglas proposal". The Wimmera Mail Times. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Iluka Douglas mine site archive". Environment Protection Authority . 8 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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