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To: LoneClone who wrote (30888)	1/6/2009 7:20:36 PM
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Xstrata Australian copper mine remains closed miningweekly.com By: Reuters Published on 6th January 2009 SYDNEY - Xstrata Plc, the world's fourth largest copper miner, said on Tuesday mining operations at its Ernest Henry copper and gold project were not expected to resume until later in the week as rain continued to fall. Heavy rain swept across the north of the Australian state of Queensland during the weekend, forcing Xstrata to shut down mining at Ernest Henry. Xstrata said the rain has not affected the mine's concentrate operations. Concentrate is still being transported to Xstrata's Mount Isa copper, lead and zinc facilities about 120 kilometers to the west, where it is smelted to produce metal for markets. Rail services to Mount Isa resumed on Monday after being cut since Friday by the rain. Ernest Henry has an annual production capacity of 115 000 t of copper-in-concentrate and 120 000 oz of gold-in-concentrate. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting scattered showers and thunderstorms over the next two days in the Mount Isa/Cloncurry mineral belt.