Olympic Dam copper mine

The accompanying analysis considers the production of copper concentrate, copper cathode, uranium oxide and by-product gold and silver from the Olympic Dam underground mine, process plant and integrated smelter and refinery. The operation is unusual in the copper industry in that significant revenue is derived from the processing and sale of uranium oxide (yellowcake). Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.