Guildford Coal Limited granted Mongolian coal haulage permit
The Mongolian Ministry of Roads and Transport has granted Australian coal miner Guildford Coal Limited a haulage permit for the transport of coal from its Baruun...
Santos ships first cargo from GLNG project (VIDEO)
Leading oil and gas producer Santos has shipped the first cargo of liquefied natural gas from its $US18.5 billion GLNG venture.
The first shipment –...
Battery materials exploration booms in WA
Battery materials explorers dominated the latest round of the Exploration Incentive Scheme's (EIS) Co-funded Exploration Drilling Program, with nearly a third of successful applicants...
New $1bn coal mine gets approval
Australian specialist steelmaking coal company Pembroke Resources has been given the go-ahead to proceed with the development of the $1 billion Olive Downs coal...
Qld companies have bagged over $1.5bn in contracts for Rio Tinto’s Amrun project
Queensland companies have secured approximately $1.5 billion in contracts for work on Rio Tinto’s world-class Amrun bauxite project on Cape York Peninsula, the company...
Samarco to stay shut, BHP to cut 40% of workforce via voluntary redundancies
BHP Billiton has announced that it plans to cut 40% of its workforce at the Samarco iron ore operation in Brazil through voluntary redundancies.
The...
Coal mine simulator facility opens to provide training to the resources sector
The new $7 million Mackay Resources Centre of Excellence has opened in Queensland, providing training and support for students and companies involved in the...
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...
SBI Chairwoman says Adani’s Carmichael coal project viable
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairwoman of State Bank of India, has defended the $1 billion loan that the country’s largest lender has issued for Adani Group's...
NAIF to provide $220 million loan for the Yangibana Rare Earths Project
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) is set to provide an additional $220 million loan to Hastings Technology Metals Ltd for its Yangibana Rare...