Fortescue wins top honours at Platts Global Metals Awards
Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) has won high recognitions at the Platts Global Metals Awards which recognise top performers, industry leaders and innovators across 14...
Government announces new areas for offshore petroleum exploration
Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan has announced the latest offshore petroleum exploration areas identified in the 2017 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.
Speaking at the...
Northern Minerals commences construction of its Browns Range Pilot Plant
The Board of Australian heavy rare earths developer Northern Minerals has approved the development of the company’s 100%-owned Brown Range Heavy Rare Earths Pilot...
Flinders University, BHP Billiton to develop technique for cost-effective recovery of copper from low...
Flinders University has teamed up with mining giant BHP Billiton to work on a new technique for extracting low-grade copper in an affordable and...
Fortescue, academia announce China-Australia collaboration on mining sector innovation
Four universities from China and Western Australia have joined forces with Fortescue (FMG) to work on a project aimed at increasing cooperation and innovation...
Shell Australia to invest $500m in new gas project in regional Queensland
Shell Australia has announced intentions to drill up to 161 new wells in regional Queensland to both boost gas supply to local customers and...
Queensland bags $900m in contracts for Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
Queensland suppliers have secured more than $900 million in contracts from Rio Tinto to progress the development of the world class Amrun bauxite project...
Senex wins PACE grant to accelerate Copper Basin gas production
Oil and gas producer Senex Energy has secured a $5.82 million grant through the South Australian Government’s PACE Gas Grant Program to accelerate the...
$850m resource project edges closer to reality
Australian metals company TNG Limited has signed a key Project Facilitation Agreement (PFA) with the Government of the Northern Territory for the development of...
BHP Billiton teams up with Pemex to develop deep-water oil find in Mexico
BHP Billiton has signed an agreement with oil giant Pemex to complete work on the significant Trion discovery located in the deep-water Gulf of...
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From cost exposure to cost control: Using energy flexibility to protect margins
Electricity price volatility is reshaping the cost base of Australian manufacturing, challenging long-held assumptions that energy can be treated as a stable operational input.
