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Commodity

Silica sand

High-purity sand for glassmaking and, increasingly, solar-panel manufacture.

7
sites in the register
7
operating
Queensland · 3Western Australia · 2South Australia · 1Northern Territory · 1

Silica sand sites

Bauxite Hills

Operating

Mine · QLD

Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand

Cape Flattery

Operating

Mine · QLD

Silica sand

Glenshera Sand Mine

Operating

Quarry · SA · Lanacoona Road, Mount Compass

Silica sand

Gove

Operating

Mine · NT

Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand

Huntly

Operating

Mine · WA

Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand

Weipa

Operating

Mine · QLD

Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand

Worsley

Operating

Mine · WA

Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand

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