Black Rock caving is a hint of the future for copper mining

Derek Barry
Updated November 10 2021 - 3:16pm, first published October 21 2021 - 11:16am
Glencore's Matt O'Neill shows former Mount Isa mayor Joyce McCulloch around Black Rock in 2018.
Glencore's Matt O'Neill shows former Mount Isa mayor Joyce McCulloch around Black Rock in 2018.

Finding more copper is going to be one of the great challenges for mining companies in the coming years as the world moves to a net zero carbon economy.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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