SURFACE

Thunderbird fails to lift-off

SHEFFIELD Resources has swung the axe in Perth and Broome in a desperate bid to cut annual costs after failing to secure funding for its prize Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

Photo of Sheffield managing director Bruce McFadzean taken in Derby in 2018 by Karma Barndon

Photo of Sheffield managing director Bruce McFadzean taken in Derby in 2018 by Karma Barndon

After doing the hard yards to earn a social licence to operate in the Kimberley with the Thunderbird mine, Sheffield has been forced to change the proposed scale and product mix and sack workers to cut...

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