Rio Tinto Cuts Copper Hopes In Fresh Mongolia Mine Setback
Australian miner Rio Tinto has been forced to slash forecasts for the amount of copper it hopes to extract in the expansion of Mongolia's giant Oyu Tolgoi mine after ...
Western Australia Gold Major In The Making?
For some, it’s a question of when not if we will see a new gold mega-merger involving Western Australia’s fast-moving middleweights. “I’d be surprised if at least ...
Northern Looks To Produce Rare Earths In WA Again
After a hiatus period that was caused in part by Government policy decisions and COVID-19, Northern Minerals is looking to start producing rare earths in WA again. The company has ...
Leigh Creek Energy (ASX:LCK) Awarded Two South Australian Licence Applications
Junior energy company Leigh Creek Energy (LCK) has landed two exploration licence applications near historical discoveries in South Australia.
The company told shareholders this morning it has been awarded the ...
MACA Wins $230M Corunna Downs Contract From Atlas Iron
Atlas Iron has awarded MACA a contract to carry out open pit mining services at the Corunna Downs iron project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Corunna Downs, which ...
Platinum Group Metals In Pole Position To Benefit From Global Decarbonisation Thrust
Platinum group metals are in pole position to benefit from the fast-growing global decarbonisation momentum, Mining Weekly can today report.
A multiplicity of global announcements are emerging daily that inextricably ...
BHP’s ‘Arrogant’ Move To Driverless Trucks Puts Social License At Risk
BHP’s introduction of driverless trucks at its Daunia coal mine will greatly impact on jobs and the way work is performed, the Miners Union said today.
CFMEU Mining and ...
Iluka's New World Without A Big MAC
MINERAL sands producer Iluka enters a new world in the December half with the expected demerger of its lucrative revenue-based royalty on BHP’s expanding iron ore production from Mining ...
Big Bell On Trend For Westgold
Westgold Resources has reported operations at Big Bell in Western Australia trending well and the company’s cash position being strongly boosted by production, a placement and divestment of non-core ...
Gold Fields’ Cash Flow Potential Obscured By “Misplaced Perception” Of SA Risk
A MISPLACED perception that Gold Fields was significantly exposed to South African regulatory and operational risk had led to an under-performance of the company’s share relative to its peer ...
Fortescue Contract Triggers John Holland Recruitment Drive
John Holland plans to recruit 400 new workers on the back of winning major new contracts in Western Australia, including a $130 million deal with Fortescue Metals Group.
The engineering ...
Blaze International Enlarges Its Western Australian Gold Search
Blaze International (ASX: BLZ) is taking an option over three exploration licences located just south of the important Mt Magnet mining province in Western Australia.
The Mt Magnet field, discovered ...
Rio, BHP And UWA Establish Tailings Management Learning Platform
BHP and Rio Tinto have agreed to jointly fund a new initiative at the University of Western Australia that aims to improve global tailings management.
Over five years, the companies ...
Rio Tinto Blunder Likely To Be Game Changer For Global Mining Sector, Say Analysts
AN accident in which Rio Tinto destroyed ancient caves in Australia is likely to have far-reaching consequences for the mining sector, said Bloomberg News.
Rio Tinto has faced global criticism ...
New Jobs, More Skills And More Productive Mines Through Innovation
Announcement by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) that it will create new skilled jobs in regional Queensland through the introduction of 34 autonomous trucks shows that the Australian minerals industry is ...
Alcoa To Strengthen WA Operations With New Recruitment Drive
Alcoa has launched its 2021 recruitment campaign for apprentices in the face of COVID-19 and a weakened economy.
The company plans to recruit 24 apprentices, who will commence the program ...
Australian Mineral Exports Still Slated For All-Time High
Despite the economic downturn brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, Australian resource export earnings are set to reach an all-time high in 2019/20, the latest Resources and Energy Quarterly ...
Elizabeth Gaines — The Driving Force Behind Fortescue Metals Group
Even within the high-flying world of corporate Australia, Elizabeth Gaines is something of a stand-out.
While many of Australia's corporate leaders hail from the well-to-do suburbs of Australia's ...
Godolphin In Hunt For High Grade Gold In NSW
Godolphin Resources is set to drill test its Gundagai South project with recent mapping and sampling pointing to some interesting looking ‘walk up’ gold targets. Recent field work has identified ...
Dassault Systèmes Geovia: Digital Transformation In Mining
French software giant Dassault Systèmes develops a range of industry solutions. Its GEOVIA products are geared towards mining.
Its 3DEXPERIENCE platform serves as a platform for digital innovation across different ...
Aruma Resources’ (ASX:AAJ) Shares Skyrocket After Identifying Three Priority Targets At Scotia South
Aruma Resources (AAJ) is up more than 42 per cent today after identifying three priority targets at the Scotia South Gold Project in Western Australia.
The project is located at ...
NQ Minerals Acquires Beaconsfield Gold Mine In Australia
NQ Minerals PLC (LON:NQMI) has announced the acquisition of the high-grade and historic Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania, Australia.
The mine has historic recorded production of about 1.8mln ...
Environment Minister Approves Whitehaven’s Tenth Coal Mine
The state’s 52nd coal mine, and the first since Covid, has been approved by the Minister for the Environment in NSW amid plunging coal prices and huge local opposition ...
Great Southern Mining Unearths Visible Gold At Cox’s Find, Responds To ASX Price Query
Junior explorer Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) has uncovered multiple occurrences of visible gold mineralisation in diamond drill core at the Cox’s Find gold project in Laverton, Western Australia ...
Victoria Unveils Rehab Plans For Brown Coal Mines
The Victorian government has launched a Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority and the Latrobe Valley Regional Rehabilitation Strategy (LVRRS) to steer the rehabilitation of the Latrobe Valley’s brown coal mines ...