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Kidd Mine or Kidd Creek Mine is an underground base metal (copper-zinc-silver) mine 24 km (15 mi) north of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Swiss multinational Glencore Inc. The mine was discovered in 1963 by Texas Gulf Sulfur Company.
Kidd Operations. Located in Timmins, Ontario, we operate the Kidd Concentrator and the Kidd Mine, the world's deepest base-metal mine below sea level, mining at 9800 feet with shaft bottom at 9889 feet. To meet the challenges of deep mining, we employ a highly skilled workforce and use leading edge technology like automated loaders and ...
1 de abr. de 2021 · Kidd Creek is a deep base-metal mine that produces copper, zinc, silver, indium and sulphuric acid. It is located near Timmins in Ontario, Canada, and owned by Glencore. It uses blasthole stoping with cemented backfill underground operations and has a custom feed business for concentrates.
Learn about the history of the Kidd Creek ore body, one of the world's largest massive sulphide deposits, discovered by Glencore in 1963 and mined by Kidd Operations since 1966. The mine has undergone several expansions and is currently operating at 9800 and 9900 levels with a feasibility study for deeper mining.
7 de jun. de 2021 · After 55 years, the world's deepest base metal mine looks to still have some life yet. Glencore Canada is spending US$44 million on drilling and a feasibility study in preparing for another deep mine expansion at Kidd Mine near Timmins Kidd's current life of mine runs out at the end of 2023 but Glencore management and technical staff ...
Kidd Mine located in Timmins, Ontario is the deepest base metal mining operation in the world with active mining taking place at 9,600 feet and the shaft bottom is currently at 9,889 feet, more than three kilometres deep. Ore Reserves are based on the approved mining plan to 2,940 m (9,600 ft) depth.
Near Timmins, Ontario, geologists discovered one of the world’s largest deposits of zinc, copper, lead, silver, and tin. Known as the Kidd Creek deposit, it originally formed on the seafloor around hot springs 2.7 billion years ago, much as modern black smokers form on the seafloor today.
