Copper Mines of Tasmania

Copper Mines of Tasmania is the successor company to the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company that operated in Queenstown, Tasmania for just short of one hundred years. The first form of the company existed during the time of the Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program Following the first form going into administration in 1998 the mine was then acquired in 1999 by Monte Cello BV. First it operated as a subsidiary and then acquired by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited It is now owned by Vedanta Resources.

Copper Mines of Tasmania

Copper Mines of Tasmania is the successor company to the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company that operated in Queenstown, Tasmania for just short of one hundred years. The first form of the company existed during the time of the Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program Following the first form going into administration in 1998 the mine was then acquired in 1999 by Monte Cello BV. First it operated as a subsidiary and then acquired by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited It is now owned by Vedanta Resources.