Alcoa celebrates historic milestone in Australia
Alcoa’s workforce is celebrating a significant milestone after achieving one billion tonnes of bauxite mined following 53 years of operation in Western Australia.
President Alcoa...
Rio Tinto announces sale of Mount Pleasant project
Mining giant Rio Tinto has reached an agreement to sell its Mount Pleasant thermal coal assets to MACH Energy Australia for US$224 million plus...
New plant facility to boost and safeguard Victoria’s grain industry
A new facility specifically designed to conduct advanced plant research has been opened at the Grains Innovation Park in Horsham on Tuesday.
The new Plant...
CIMIC launches off-market takeover bid for Sedgman Limited
CIMIC Group Limited announced yesterday that it intends to make an unconditional off-market takeover offer for Sedgman Limited, a leading provider of mineral processing...
Nyrstar to exit mining
Mining and metals giant Nyrstar has announced that it intends to sell all of its mining business assets.
The Belgian company issued a press release...
Grange Resources to cut jobs due to plunging iron ore prices
Iron ore miner Grange Resources has warned that it might be forced to cut jobs in order to reduce costs and rescale operations this...
New “Internet of Things” focused cluster to encourage innovation and collaboration in the resource...
South Australian Manufacturing and Innovation Minister Kyam Maher has announced the establishment of an “Internet of Things” focused cluster for the mining and energy...
A1 Consolidated Gold set to complete the purchase of Walhalla Mining Tenement form Orion...
A1 Consolidated Gold has agreed the purchase of the Walhalla Mining Tenement from Orion Gold for $850,000.
Located in the Woods Point, 150 kilometres east...
BC Iron and Watpac to face off in court over Nullagine JV contract
Junior iron ore miner BC Iron and mining services contractor Watpac have announced that they will take their dispute over BC Iron’s Nullagine joint...
Thiess wins $250m QCoal contract
CIMIC Group’s global mining contractor, Thiess, has signed a three year contract extension with QCoal Group for continuation of operations at the company’s Northern...