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NNRy Background and History Information
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Title:
BHP
Description:
In the 1990s, Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited (BHP) acquired the Robinson District mining rights and built a new mill and concentrator on the former site of Riepetown. They operated between 1996 and 1999, shipping their copper concentrate via their own BHP Nevada Railroad over the old Nevada Northern right of way to the UP interchange at Shafter, NV, and from there to their San Manuel, AZ smelter. The operation lasted slightly more than three years, when falling copper prices forced BHP to close the Robinson Project on June 25, 1999 and put the facilities on "care and maintenance" status.