Corporate Body

Mount Isa Mines Limited (MIM) (1924 - 1970)

From
January 1924
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
To
1970
Functions
Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
Location
Brisbane, Queensland

Summary

Mount Isa Mines Limited was established in Sydney, in January 1924, by the efforts of Douglas MacGillivray and William Corbould, the former a publican and the latter an engineer. A 1970 restructuring of the company led to the replacement of Mount Isa Mines Limited with MIM Holdings Limited.

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Timeline

 1924 - 1970 Mount Isa Mines Limited (MIM)
       1970 - 2003 MIM Holdings Ltd

Subsidiary

Published resources

Books

  • Blainey, Geoffrey, Mines in the spinifex: the story of Mount Isa Mines (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1960), 242 pp. Details

Resources

See also

Ailie Smith

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