Acid issue ceases production at Olympic Dam

ABOVE-ground production has ground to a halt at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine site in South Australia’s far north after a technical issue at the site’s acid plant.

BHP’s Olympic Dam mine site in South Australia’s far north

22 August 2018
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The issue was caused by the failure of a number of boiler tubes at the acid plant, which is currently being mopped up with a program of remediation and mitigation works.

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