Committed to serving our stakeholders and the local community

Murray Zircon is a Mineral Sands company in the South Australian mining sector and has set its sights on becoming a sustainable mineral sands producer for the future.

What we do

Mining Heavy Minerals

Murray Zircon has redeveloped and successfully operated the Mindarie Mineral Sands Project since 2012, producing heavy mineral concentrate (HMC). Mineral sands are natural beach sands containing economic quantities of heavy minerals, including zircon, rutile and ilmenite.

Murray Basin Strandlines

Our mining leases are located approximately 150 km east of Adelaide in the Murray Mallee Region of South Australia. Murray Zircon is proposing to initiate operations of the Mindarie Mineral Sands Project by re-commencing mining along the Mercunda Strandline.

Environmental Management

Murray Zircon is committed to undertaking operations in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner by implementing environmental control strategies to reduce our impact on the land in which we operate.
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About the Company

Acting with integrity in all that we do

Murray Zircon Pty Ltd is a mineral sands mining company focused on the production of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) in the Murray Basin in South Australia. The Company was formed in June 2011.

Murray Zircon’s principal asset is the Mindarie Mineral Sands Project, located 150km east of Adelaide in the Mallee region of South Australia. Operations at Mindarie involved the mining of mineral sands strandlines located on individual Mineral Leases.

HMC product from Mindarie is exported to China where it is separated into various heavy minerals including zircon, ilmenite and rutile. The Company also holds an exploration tenement portfolio covering more than 6,000 km² within the Murray Basin.

Career opportunities

Processing Operators

MZ Mining is a mineral sands mining company focused on the production of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) in the Murray Basin in South Australia. The Company’s principal asset is the Mindarie Mineral Sands Project located 150km east of Adelaide in the Mallee region of South Australia with a Head Office in Adelaide.

This role, based Mindarie site, provides the opportunity to be part of the Processing team in this exciting project.

The positions are offered on the basis of 12-month fixed term contracts with the option of an extension at the end of the 12 months.

Senior HR Advisor

MZ Mining is a mineral sands mining company focused on the production of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) in the Murray Basin in South Australia. The Company’s principal asset is the Mindarie Mineral Sands Project located 150km east of Adelaide in the Mallee region of South Australia with a Head Office in Adelaide.

This role, based at the Mindarie site provides the opportunity to be part of the HR/Safety team in this exciting project. It is a fixed term 12-month full time contract, with an option to extend at the end of 12 months.

Latest updates

Keep updated with what’s new with Murray Zircon.

Mindarie mineral mine to re-open and become part of the growing space industry in South Australia

Mineral mining set to return to South Australias Murray Mallee region near Mindarie

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