Coober Pedy News article 14/2/2008 “From Small Beginnings – THE EVOLUTION OF THE OME” by Anne Vanajek
Tells how some members of the Coober Pedy Miners Association Inc in the late 1980’s researched into the formation of an independent association to more cheaply sell products (fuel and explosives) required by the opal mining industry.
On June 16 1989. the Opal Miners Enterprise (OME) began trading.