The Cannington Mine is a major underground silver, lead and zinc operation located in North-West Queensland, about 200km south-east of Mount Isa in the McKinlay Shire. The mine is owned and operated by South32 and began production in 1997 after the deposit was discovered by BHP in 1990. Cannington is widely regarded as one of […]

Cannington mine owner South32 has signed a deal to sell its aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation for an implied enterprise value of up…

South32 has announced a 28 per cent increase in underground ore reserves at its Cannington silver-lead-zinc operation, extending the site’s mine lif…

South32 boss Graham Kerr is upbeat on the potential to stretch out operations at the long-running Cannington underground mine, including the option…

North-West Queensland’s Cannington mine has had its wings clipped, with expected mining volumes lowered to an average of about 1.8Mtpa over FY26 to…

Factors including ‘underground complexity’ came into play in seeing a drop in production at South32’s Cannington silver-lead-zinc mine in FY25. P…

South32 has clipped production guidance for its Cannington mine in North-West Queensland by 10 per cent for this financial year. The downgrade wa…

North-West Queensland’s Cannington mine delivered a 13 per cent increase in payable zinc equivalent production for South32 for the first half of thi…

South32 is studying tailings reprocessing and open-pit options to potentially extend Cannington mine’s life, according to its annual report. The…

The Cannington operation has bounced back from severe wet weather impacts, increasing payable zinc equivalent production by 36 per cent in the June…

Severe wet weather is among a raft of challenges leaving Cannington mine production lagging last year’s output by 20 per cent for the first nine mon…

Coolabah Metals is expanding its Queensland exploration footprint by acquiring two exploration licences located 130km south-south-east of Cloncurry…

South32 has celebrated the 25th anniversary of Cannington mine operations and honoured team members who have worked at the site for the past two-and…

South32 plans to boost its capital spend at Cannington mine to about $90 million this year after posting record earnings across the group for 2021-2…

The team from South32 Cannington Mine has topped this year’s Northern Australia Emergency Response Competition (NAERC). The North-West…

South32 has lifted its forecast for production out of Cannington as the North-West Queensland mine transitions to truck haulage operations. Can…