A mining town in northern Queensland, Australia. Population 2,876 (1976). Located on the northwest coast of Cape York Peninsula, it was built in 1956 in conjunction with the development of a large bauxite deposit (reserves of 3 billion tons). It is a so-called company town, with two-thirds of the residents involved in the mining industry. About half of the mined bauxite (annual production of about 10 million tons, the largest in the country) is shipped to the alumina refinery in Gladstone, and the rest is exported to Japan and other countries. [Taniuchi Tatsu] Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
オーストラリア,クイーンズランド州北部の鉱山町。人口2876(1976)。ヨーク岬半島北西岸に位置し,大規模なボーキサイト鉱床(埋蔵量30億t)の開発に伴って1956年に建設された。いわゆるカンパニー・タウンで,住民の2/3が鉱業関係者で占められる。採掘されたボーキサイト(年産約1000万t。同国最大)は,およそ半分がグラッドストンのアルミナ精錬所へ移出され,残りは日本などへ輸出される。【谷内 達】
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