# Northparkes Mines gets final approval for $72M expansion

CMOC and Sumitomo have received final approval for a $72 million expansion project at Northparkes Mines in Parkes, Australia, to increase throughput capacity from 6.4 to 7.6 million tonnes per annum.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-15
- Where: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
- Value: $72.0M
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 7.6 million tonnes per annum
- Products: copper, gold
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Northparkes Mines](https://endata.com/companies/36549.md)
- [Sumitomo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/6281.md) (investor)
- [CMOC Group](https://endata.com/companies/38720.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [en.cmoc.com](https://en.cmoc.com/html/2019/News_0415/7.html), 2019-04-15: "This demonstrates CMOC's confidence in the sustainability and longevity of our operations, enabling us to achieve our vision of 'A century of mining together'."

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