Wudinna a Hub of Mining Activity
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Whyalla News, Whyalla SA 16 Feb 2012 General News, page 22 - 137.28 cm² Regional - circulation 3,974 (-T-T---) Media Monitors Client Service Centre 1300 880 082 Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) licenced copy ID 133972152 BRIEF LINCOLNMIN PAGE 1 of 1 Wudinna a hub of mining activity THE Wudinna District Council isand its contractors to ensure the committed to the advancement ofcommunity is well informed and that the region to make the Central Eyreimpacts are controlled for the benefit Peninsula a better place to live and of everyone. visit. Traditionallyanagricultural The council covers the towns ofdistrict of cereal cropping and sheep Minnipa, Yaninee, Pygery, Wudinna,and beef cattle rearing, the central Kyancutta, Warramboo and 21 LandEyre Peninsula locale also attracts Titles Office Hundreds. plentyoftouristsandsmall Currently the area is a hub ofbusinesses. mining exploration activity with a The "Australian Farmer" sculpture number of companies looking to setis located on the Eyre Highway at up operations there. Wudinna and isa key tourist There is interest near Wudinnaattraction. and Warramboo from companies The area saw an improvement in seeking iron ore such as Iron Road and Lincoln Minerals. health services in 2010, with the Iron Road has exploration leasescompletion of the Wudinna Health in the Warramboo area, and is Service. preparing a Definitive Feasibility The 2010-constructed Community Studytoproceedtomining,Waste Water Reuse project was processing and export stages. designed and constructed by the The iron reserves released to datecouncil and now goes a long way at 2.1 billion tonnes make it thetowardtheselfsufficiencyof largest magnetite reserve in theWudinna's irrigation water supply. state, and the scale of the suggested The council congratulates the mine at 12.4 million tonnes perStreaky Bay District Council in annum will have a huge impact onhosting the 2012 "Bush to Bay" Eyre the area and also the Eyre PeninsulaPeninsula Local Government as a whole. Association Conference. Projects such as this within a The EPLGA Conferenceisa traditional agriculture basedunique opportunity for all of Eyre economy will change the communityPeninsula'slocal government to dynamics completely, therefore themeet and consider the important council is liaising with Iron Roadissues facing the Eyre Peninsula..