Tasmanian Government defers mine’s royalty payments in support of jobs and investment
The Tasmanian Government has allowed Shree Minerals to defer royalty payments for its new iron ore mine in the south of Smithton in order...
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...
IMARC 2016 to put Melbourne on the mining spotlight
The Andrews Labor Government has launched Australia’s leading mining business event, the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC), which will be held at the...
Rio Tinto appoints Simon Trott as its first ever CCO
Rio Tinto has announced the appointment of Simon Trott as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective 1 January 2018.
In this newly created role, Mr Trott...
OZ Minerals to go ahead with development of SA’s second biggest mine
OZ Minerals has green lighted the development of a $916 million copper mine in South Australia- the second biggest in the state.
The Carrapateena copper...
BHP Billiton announces Board changes
BHP Billiton announced the appointment of Grant King as an independent Non-executive Director, effective as of 1 March 2017.
Mr King is a former Managing...
Hastings completes acquisition of 30% interest in the Yangibana rare earths project
Hastings Technology Metals Ltd has finished the acquisition of the 30% stake in the joint venture tenements for the Yangibana rare earths project formerly...
Alcoa posts earnings for Q3 2022
Alumina today presented Alcoa Corp’s financial results for the third quarter of 2022, with additional information on the AWAC joint venture.
New nickel-copper-cobalt mine to support 400 jobs in WA
Independence Group (IGO) has officially opened its A$456 million Nova nickel-copper-cobalt operation in the Fraser Range province in Western Australia.
Located 360 kilometres south-east of...
Core Lithium awarded $6m Modern Manufacturing Initiative grant
Emerging Australian lithium developer Core Lithium has been awarded a $6 million grant under the Federal Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) to build a...























