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Mount Isa

British  
/ ˈaɪzə /

noun

  1. a city in NE Australia in NW Queensland: mining of copper and other minerals. Pop: 20 525 (2001)

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The site in question is Mount Isa, a town in the interior of Queensland.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2012

Another case where you need human intelligence applied to the official gazetteer of Australian locations - which shows multiple entries for "Mount Isa"; some are population centres, some aren't.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2012

Prices also gained today as Xstrata Plc closed copper operations at Mount Isa in Australia because of a storm.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 3, 2011

The Mount Isa mine complex is one of' A the most highly mechanized in the world, B plus being the largest single industrial C D enterprise in Queensland.

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There's a swagger among miners from Mount Isa to Perth, and it's largely thanks to China.

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