Uley

The Uley graphite mine is located on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 23 kilometres from Port Lincoln. Graphite was discovered in the area in the early 1800's and has been mined intermittently at the site since the 1920's. When in production the open cut mine was capable of producing up to 14,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate annually. The mine was placed on care and maintenance in 1993 and has not been worked again until 2014.

Uley Graphite Mine Re-opens After 20 Years in Care and Maintenance
The Uley graphite mine owner, Valence Industries Limited, has announced the first sales of graphite from the mine has taken place in 2014, the first sales to be made from the operation in 20 years. These initial sales, that have been shipped out of South Australia to the companies Asian customers, contains a range of large graphite flakes with purity levels exceeding 95 percent. The shipments are to be used for advanced qualification and testing testing purposes preceeding long term sales agreements.

Uley Mine Owned and Operated by Valence Industries Limited
Valence Industries Limited is an industrial manufacturing establishment that produces high grade flake graphite for sale to markets around the world. It owns graphite processing facilities and associated infrastructure where it makes a wide range of graphite products to a diverse range of industries for many varied applications. The company sells Uley graphite produced at its South Australian facility to markets in North america, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Uley Graphite Deposit one of the Largest in the World
The Uley graphite mine is located near the South Australian regional centre of Port Lincoln in the lower Eyre Peninsula. The graphite deposit at Uley is regarded as being one of the largest coarse flake graphite mineralisations in the world. The deposit is near the surface and contains disseminated high grade flake graphite that is sought after because of its high quality.

The Uley Mine is the Only Graphite Mine Operating in Australia
Valence Industries Limited holds two mining licences over the mining site as well as two associated retention licences and an extensive exploration licence. The company also owns the land where it is currently mining as well as the land it intends expanding its mining operations over into the future, along with all the quite extensive existing infrastructure. The Uley mine is the only graphite mine operating in Australia.
Valence Industries Limited has been preparing the Uley mine for reopening over the preceeding two years with the reconstruction of the existing road into the mine site along with the establishment of electric power to the site, as well as the required water infrastructure.

The first stage of mining operations to be carried out at the Uley mine has made use of existing ore stockpiles. This is to be followed with the construction of a graphite processing plant which will allow production to reach between 50,000 and 60,000 tonnes of graphite a year. The Uley mine that has been given another life after a 20 year lay off, has created around 50 new jobs in the area, 40 of them at the minesite itself.
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