Major Mines Projects | Worsley (Boddington) .
The majority of the open pits at Boddington Bauxite Mine (BBM) are shallow to very shallow, typically less than 10 to 15 m deep. Mining of around 18 Mtpa of (wet) bauxite feed to the Alumina refinery requires large areas to be mined on an annual basis, given the limited thickness (between 1 m and 10 m thick) of the bauxite mineralisation. Typically, an area of around 200 ha is mined on an ...