Commodity Origins

Rosebery: a zinc operation in Australia

Rosebery is an underground mine producing zinc in Tasmania's west coast, Australia, operated by MMG. The sources report 48,597 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate for CY2025; the basis is whole mine, as reported by MMG. In zinc content, whole-operation output for CY2025 is 48,597 tonnes: about 0.4% of world zinc output in 2025 and about 4.4% of Australia's; it is one of 22 operations on this site whose output can be stated in zinc content.

Who owns and operates it?

Owners of Rosebery
OwnerInterestAs of
MMG (operator)
The table groups MMG's Australian operations (Dugald River and Rosebery) under 100% interest assets.
100%31 December 2025

Interests are as stated in the sources below on the date shown. Ownership changes with deals, so a stake may have changed since the date shown.

How much does it produce?

Reported output of Rosebery
PeriodOutputBasisWhere in the source
CY202548,597 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate
Rosebery is described by MMG as an underground polymetallic base metal mining operation; MMG also reports lead, copper, gold and silver.
whole mine, as reported by MMGPDF p.19, table "Rosebery - Production", row "Zinc in zinc concentrate (tonnes)", column 2025; narrative PDF p.20 · MMG Limited
CY202456,313 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentratewhole mine, as reported by MMGPDF p.19, same row, column 2024 · MMG Limited

Between CY2024 and CY2025 the reported figure fell by 13.7%, in the same unit and on the same basis.

How the zinc-content figure is worked out. MMG prints 48,597 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate produced at Rosebery in 2025. MMG reports the Australian operations under assets in which it holds a 100% interest, so the figure covers the whole mine. World mine production of zinc in 2025 was 13,000,000 tonnes (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026); Australia produced 1,100,000 tonnes.

Status: operating, as of 31 December 2025.

How does it compare?

Other zinc operations on this site: Red Dog, Antamina (zinc), Mount Isa (zinc), McArthur River (zinc), Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Zawar mines, Rajpura Dariba, Kayad, Garpenberg, Tara, Neves-Corvo (Somincor). In Australia: Mount Isa (zinc), McArthur River (zinc), Dugald River. See where zinc comes from for the country totals, the country page for Australia, and MMG for its other operations here.

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