Editing Kalgoorlie (section)

===Mining===
Since 1992, Kalgoorlie has been home to the [[Diggers & Dealers]] conference, held annually in August. It is Australia's premier international mining conference.<ref name="Song">[http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2010/s2971212.htm Diggers and Dealers 2010 – The Song Remains The Same] ''[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Rural]]'', author: Babs McHugh , published: 2 August 2010, accessed: 26 October 2010</ref>

The [[Super Pit gold mine|Fimiston Open Pit (Super Pit)]] is an [[Open-pit mining|open-cut]] gold mine about {{convert|3.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|1.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} wide, and over {{convert|600|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} deep. Originally consisting of a large number of [[Sub-surface mining|underground mines]], including the Paringa, Oroya, Brown Hill, Chaffers, and Hainault mines, they were consolidated into a single open pit mine in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Super Pit |url=http://www.superpit.com.au/about/history/ |website=KCGM |access-date=2 May 2019 |location=Kalgoorlie , WA |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034224/http://www.superpit.com.au/about/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mulligan |editor1-first=David |title=Environmental Management in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries |date=1996 |publisher=UNSW Press |location=Sydney |isbn=9780868403830 |page=322 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5nKvV5UMOpwC&pg=PA322 |access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> A visitor centre overlooks the mine, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The mine blasts at 1:00&nbsp;pm every day, unless winds would carry dust over the town. Each of the massive trucks carries 225 tonnes of rock and the round trip takes about 35 minutes, most of that time being the slow uphill haul. Employees must live in Kalgoorlie; there's no [[fly-in fly-out|fly-in, fly-out]] operation. The current life of mine plan covers operation until 2035, with investigations for mine extension ongoing.<ref>{{cite web|title=KCGM About Us|url=https://www.superpit.com.au/about/about-us/|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030082353/http://www.superpit.com.au/about/about-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie 2.svg|Gold mines in the Kalgoorlie region
Image:Super Pit Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.jpg|The [[Super Pit gold mine|Super Pit]] that gives the mine its name appears in the centre of this image.
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