Unnecessary punitive imposts are hurting Australia’s aluminium industry, Council says
The Australian Aluminium Council has urged the Federal Government to lift all unnecessary imposts on the country’s aluminium industry currently facing a climate of...
Critical minerals giant Tivan announces move to Darwin
More jobs in the critical minerals sector are expected to open in the Northern Territory with industry-leading company Tivan set to move to its new headquarters in Darwin.
Orica celebrates production of 100 million EBS detonators
Mining explosives company Orica has celebrated the production of its 100 millionth electronic detonator made at its manufacturing facility in Brownsburg, Canada.
Orica, Vice President, Electronic...
Sustainable manufacturing among priorities in NT mineral dev’t taskforce report
The Territory Labor Government has released the Mineral Development Taskforce Final Report, listing sustainable manufacturing as one of its top goals, along with the acceleration of mining development to unlock a pipeline of projects, which is a key part of achieving a $40 billion economy by 2030.
QUT researchers develop new positioning system for underground mining vehicles
QUT researchers have developed a new technology that could enable underground mining vehicles to navigate autonomously through dust, camera blur and bad lighting.
Autonomous vehicles...
General Motors taps Aussie company Element 25 to help expand US EV supply chain
Element 25, a producer of manganese concentrate in Western Australia, has partnered with General Motors to support the production of over 1 million electric vehicles (EV) in North America.
Glencore tables US$2.55bn bid for Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied
Commodities giant Glencore is looking to hijack Yancoal’s US$2.45 billion takeover deal for Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied, offering US$100m more that the Chinese-controlled...
Galaxy Resources and General Mining set to merge
Galaxy Resources and General Mining have agreed to merge under a $700-plus million agreement announced on Monday.
The merger will create a leading diversified global...
FGR’s graphene powders found to improve rubber compounds used in the mining sector
Advanced materials company First Graphene Limited (FGR) has conducted a laboratory and commercial scale tests on its PureGRAPH powders which demonstrated that a low...
Rio Tinto could close its ISAL smelter due to lack of profitability
Rio Tinto will launch a strategic review of the ISAL smelter in Iceland in an effort to improve its competitive position.
ISAL has been operating...

























