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Renison mine

Renison mine, Australia. Producing, underground, mining tin.

Why Renison is famous

Renison Bell underground tin mine in Tasmania, run by the Bluestone Mines Tasmania joint venture (Metal X 50%, Greentech 50%) in 2020-21.1,2

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Renison today

Where tin is mined todayMining in Australia

Where next

Mines

ExamplesSan RafaelUnderground tin on two continents: San Rafael in Peru and Renison Bell in Tasmania.2

Places

Located inQueenstownRenison is about 32 km from Queenstown.1

Sources

  1. Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, volume III: The Mineral Industry of Australia US Geological Survey
  2. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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