Rio Tinto names new Chairman
Rio Tinto has announced the appointment of Simon Thompson as chairman, effective 5 March 2018.
Mr Thompson will succeed Jan du Plessis, who will step...
Altona signs offtake contract with Glencore
Australian copper producer Altona Mining has signed an offtake agreement with Glencore International for the sale of copper-gold concentrates to be produced from its...
Rio Tinto and Sinosteel ink Channar Mining JV extension
Rio Tinto and China’s Sinosteel Corporation have agreed to extend their historic Channar Mining Joint Venture that owns the Channar mine in the Pilbara...
Santos inks second gas supply contract with WesCEF
Santos has inked a second contract to supply natural gas to the Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) under a 4-year agreement announced last...
QLD’s resource sector delivered half a trillion dollars in eight years, according to report
Queensland’s resources sector has injected $55.1 billion into the state’s economy in 2016-17, supporting the equivalent of 282,633 full-time jobs.
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief...
BHP and Vale to commit US$1bn for Samarco rehabilitation work in 2018
BHP and Vale have to date committed approximately US$1 billion towards rehabilitation work in Brazil following the failure of the Fundao tailings dam at...
Thiess wins A$300m Sangatta expansion contract
CIMIC Group’s global mining services provider, Thiess, has won a multimillion contract by Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) to help the company expand its operations...
Rio Tinto appoints Simon Trott as its first ever CCO
Rio Tinto has announced the appointment of Simon Trott as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective 1 January 2018.
In this newly created role, Mr Trott...
Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project creates 470 jobs in Qld
Rio Tinto’s world-class Amrun bauxite project, located south of the Embley River, between Weipa and Aurukun, has created 470 jobs in far north Queensland.
The...
McGowan Government: 52 applications received for Round 16 of co-funded drilling projects
The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety announced that it has received 52 submissions, including six from prospectors, for Round 16...
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