The historic Elverdton copper mine was abandoned in 1992. Its tailings have been used as a valuable fertiliser product by a local company.
Category: Editorial
David Michael (Minister for Mines) visits Elverdton Mine
The Elverdton Mine received a visitor in early February
Elverdton Mineral Fertiliser Project
The GLOBALLY unique natural trace and beneficial element deposit located in Ravensthorpe may be the answer to soil nutrient needs after the drain of previous season’s record yields. The Mineral Fertiliser Company (MFC) provides bulk mineral supplements for large-scale operations throughout the State from its Ravensthorpe base.
Elders are now agents for Super-Min®
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Seeds, Pastures and Fertiliser
Building resilient soil systems Farm Weekly – Editorial Excerpt BUILDING resilient soil systems with Super-Min® allows farmers and nature to prosper in a changing climate. Farm trends come and go, but perhaps nothing has gathered momentum like the subject of soil health and climate change. Unlike most trends though, soil health has staying power. That’s...
Remineralise to Regenerate with Super-Min
The globally unique natural trace and beneficial mineral nutrient deposit at Ravensthorpe is the answer to soil nutrient needs. Farm Weekly – Editorial Excerpt [one_half] YEARS of soil mining, intensive monoculture and industrial animal practice have resulted in food that many educated consumers here, and much of the developed world beyond Australia’s shores, regard with...
Increase Crop Yields and Pasture Growth
Farm Weekly – Editorial Excerpt Throughout history, civilisations have prospered or declined as a function of the availability and productivity of their soils. Micro-nutrients are required in very small amounts but are essential to plant health in that most are required parts of some enzyme system which speeds up plants’ metabolisms. The micro-nutrients essential for plant...
Great Soil Doesn’t Just Happen
Farm Weekly – Editorial SOIL is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the myriad of organisms that together support plant life. It is a medium for plant growth, a means of water storage, a supply and purification, a modifier of the atmosphere of earth and is a habitat for organisms that take...