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Venus Mine

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Venus Mine

Location: 13 km N from Leinster, Western Australia, Australia

Regional Office:

125 St Georges Terrace
Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6000

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Nickel
Mining Method
  • Sub-level caving
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SnapshotThe Venus underground mine is part of the Leinster underground mine complex, which is a part of Nickel West Operation.

Venus transitioned to full production in September 2019, with ore hoisted to the Leinster concentrator.

Nickel West operations will be temporarily suspended from October 2024. This decision reflects oversupply in the global nickel market. BHP intends to review the decision by February 2027.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnershipInvestor's Info
BHP Group Ltd. 100 % Indirect
BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
As a part of the Leinster underground mine complex, Venus is wholly owned and operated by NiW (BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd), a subsidiary of BHP.

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Deposit type

  • Intrusion related
  • Metamorphic

Summary:

Steeply dipping disseminated and massive textured nickel-sulphide mineralisation associated with metamorphosed ultramafic lava flows and intrusions. The Leinster Nickel Operation (LNO) deposits are situated within the Wiluna Greenstone Belt and the orebodies are hosted in Komatite Ultramafic lava flows.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

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Production

Combined production numbers are reported under Nickel West Operation

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

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