Rio Tinto’s first rough diamond tender for 2014 delivers strong results
A record number of participants and bidders have attended Rio Tinto’s first rough diamond tender for 2014, which saw the unique combination of 124...
BHP Billiton discloses the pay gap between Australian and US mines
BHP Billiton has revealed that it is paying up to 50% higher wages to some of its coalmining workers compared to equivalent employees in...
Australia’s resources and energy exports to soar in 2019-20, according to report
A new report produced by the Office of the Chief Economist within the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, predicts that Australia’s resource and...
Oil and gas explorer Strike Energy relocates to Adelaide
Australian oil and gas explorer Strike Energy has unveiled plans to relocate its corporate office and HQ to Adelaide in an effort to accelerate...
Fortescue’s innovative relocatable conveyor comes online
Fortescue has officially commissioned its new relocatable conveyor at the Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara in a move expected to dramatically reduce...
Anglo American starts up longwall mining at its new Aquila mine
Anglo American has announced that its new Aquila mine has achieved its first longwall shear of steelmaking metallurgical coal on schedule and on budget,...
BHP trials HVO to power mining equipment at Yandi
BHP is testing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to power mining equipment at its Yandi iron ore mines in Western Australia.
Alinta Energy to close Leigh Creek coal mine in November, Port Augusta power stations...
Alinta Energy has announced that it will shut down its Leigh Creek coal mine on 17 November 2015 and the Port Augusta power stations...
MACA selected as mining & crushing contractor for Felix Resources’ Iron Ridge Project
MACA Limited has secured a multimillion contract to provide mining services at Fenix Resources’ Iron Ridge Project, located in the Murchison region of Western...
CSIRO vets mitigation, offset options for onshore gas produced in NT
CSIRO has published a report outlining options to mitigate and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with the potential production and consumption of gas sourced from the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-basin.