asx ozl founded 2008 merged entity headquarters adelaide australia key people andrew cole md & ceo products copper gold website www.ozminerals.com oz minerals asx ozl is a modern mining company based in adelaide australia . it was originally formed after the merger of oxiana limited and zinifex in 2008 . in 2009 chinese state owned china minmetals proposed a purchase of the heavily indebted company . the chinese proposal was one of three high profile moves by chinese firms to acquire stakes in the australian mineral sector in early 2009 . the china minmetals offer along with other proposed purchases especially the chinalco planned stake in rio tinto caused great public furor adding political pressure to block minmetals . the australian government blocked the sale on 27 march 2009 citing concerns about the location of the prominent hill mine within the sensitive military area . 1 a deal not including prominent hill was approved and the majority of the company was acquired by china minmetals ; the acquisitions became the company minerals and metals group mmg . 2 oz minerals currently has one major asset prominent hill but the sale more than eliminated the company s debts giving it cash in hand for operations . in 2011 oz minerals acquired the carapateena iron oxide copper gold deposit 100 km southeast of olympic dam . see also edit golden grove mine references edit 1 http www.abc.net.au news stories 2009 06 18 2602074 . htm external links edit official website v t e gold mining companies of australia active allied gold avoca resources newcrest mining oceanagold oz minerals st barbara limited defunct great central mines normandy mining oxiana limited sino gold mining sons of gwalia wmc resources hill 50 gold mines ltd v t e mining companies of australia adelaide brighton cement allegiance mining alumina aquarius platinum atlas iron bhp billiton bougainville copper compass resources copper mines of tasmania energy resources of australia fortescue metals group grd hancock prospecting iluka resources international ferro metals laguna resources macarthur coal macmahon holdings magellan metals marathon resources marston minara resources mineralogy minerals and metals group mount lyell mining and railway company new hope coal newcrest mining orocobre oz minerals paladin energy pilbara iron qcoal rio tinto aluminium rio tinto group south32 tiwest joint venture retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oz minerals & oldid 690997086 categories mining companies of australiacopper mining companiesgold mining companies of australiamining in south australiahidden categories use dmy dates from april 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 17 november 2015 at 00 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view