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Cu-River Mining Pty. Ltd. is a privately-owned Australian resources company with interests in iron ore mining and port development projects in South Australia. It is the smaller of two iron ore exporters operating in the state, the larger being the GFG Alliance. The company is owned by Adelaide-based businessman, Yong Gang Shan and as of 2019 its only producing asset is the Cairn Hill mine in the state's Far North. The company has contracted mining, processing and freight logistics services to Jiujiang Mining Australia.
Cairn Hill mine is an iron ore mine formerly operated by IMX Resources and now by Cu-River Mining. It is located 55 km south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia and produced 1.8Mtpa of a unique coarse-grained magnetite-copper DSO product. The product was mined and crushed on site before being trucked and railed to Port Adelaide, where it was then shipped to China. Cairn Hill was a joint venture between IMX Resources (51%) and Sichuan Taifeng (49%).
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Australian Government - Department of Environment "Ironclad Mining Limited /Mining/Uno Pastoral Station, Northern Eyre Peninsula/SA/Wilcherry Hill Project" Retrieved 2013-11-21.
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- ↑ "Discussions with Arrium regarding potential iron ore sale" (PDF). Ironclad Mining Ltd. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-22.