It’s possible to find practically anything on the internet todya, including information about Coober Pedy, the opal mining town.
About.com shares information about the town.
The opal town of Coober Pedy, 535 kilometres north of Port Augusta in South Australia, has always held a strange fascination for many Australians, not that a high proportion of them have ever been there.
Coober Pedy is a place like Oodnadatta, farther north along the Oodnadatta Track, which skirts the normally waterless Lake Eyre, whose name conjures stretches of arid desert, marvelous rock and sand formations, and a natural stillness that speaks of vast distances and solitude.
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The Australian reports on news in the opal mining community:
Woomera mining rules sought
SOUTH Australia’s mining industry group is demanding the federal government clarify which areas can be mined in the Woomera weapons testing area, after several projects involving Chinese companies were rejected.
The government rejected China Minmetals’ takeover bid for the struggling OZ Minerals because its Prominent Hill mine was in the prohibited zone.
Junior explorer Western Plains Resources is still fighting for its $45 million iron ore deal with China, after the Defence Department moved to stop a deal with Wugang Australian Resources because it involved the explorer’s Hawks Nest project in the Woomera prohibited area.
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