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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

Copper may advance in the “near term” because of concern about supply, Xstrata Mount Isa Mines Chief Operating Officer Steve de Kruijff said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

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.

From SAT Tests

It is involved in a $28 million modernization of Australia's Mount Isa railroad and mines and a $3,500,000 reclamation project in the Philippines.

From Time Magazine Archive