Tuesday, November 3, 2026

BHP agrees to sell Chilean copper mine

BHP has agreed to sell its Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile to private equity manager EMR Capital for US$230 million. The deal will see...

Chevron begins LNG production from Wheatstone Train 2

Chevron Australia has commenced production of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the second train at its Wheatstone Project. Located 12 kilometres west of Onslow, the...

New mine development to create hundreds of jobs in WA

The BHP Board has approved US$2.9 billion in capital expenditure for the South Flank project in Central Pilbara, WA. The project, which expands the existing...

Rio Tinto and Minmetals ink mineral exploration agreement  

Rio Tinto and Chinese metals and mineral trading company Minmetals have agreed to establish a 50:50 joint venture to explore for world-class mineral deposits...

Rio Tinto wraps up sale of Winchester South coal development project

Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its 75% stake in the Winchester South coal development project in Queensland to New South Wales based coal producer,...

BMA sells Gregory Crinum Mine for $100m

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), a 50-50 joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development, has agreed to sell the mothballed Gregory Crinum Mine in...

Fortescue to invest $1.7bn in new Pilbara mine

Fortescue's Board of Directors has approved the development of a new mine and rail project in the Pilbara region that will create up to...

Innovative x-ray technology to revolutionise gold mining

Australian mining services company, Ausdrill has become the first company in the world to adopt a powerful new x-ray technology for detecting and analysing...

TNG’s world-class Mount Peake project granted key approval

Australian strategic metals company TNG Limited has announced that it has received environmental approval for its flagship Mount Peake Vanadium Titanium Iron Project, located...

Fortescue ships billionth tonne of iron ore

Fortescue Metals Group has celebrated the shipment of its one billionth tonne of iron ore at Herb Elliot Port. Loaded aboard Fortescue’s ore carrier ‘FMG...
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Xometry CEO Sanjeev Singh Sahni on how AI and digital networks are reshaping manufacturing supply chains

Australian manufacturers have long competed against distance. In an exclusive interview with Australian Manufacturing, Xometry CEO Sanjeev Singh Sahni discusses how AI can help manufacturers access more production capacity and simplify traditionally email-driven supply chains.