Increasingly the resources sector around the world is looking at smartening up. Not just digging bigger holes, but digging holes in better places; extracting more commodities with less expenditure;...
Author - Mining Editor
THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH OUR NATION’S LEADERS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE FEDERAL ELECTION. The future of the resources sector will be a key issue at the upcoming federal election. In the...
Prepared by the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics. The stock of investment in committed resources and energy projects remained at about $268 billion according to the report, Resources and...
Expansion plans for Moranbah South, Drayton South, Dartbrook and Foxleigh Plains look set to be shelved after Anglo American’s chief executive, Mark Cutifani, announced new austerity measures...
Rio Tinto has sold 80 per cent of its interest in the Northparkes copper and gold mine to China Molybdenum for US$820 million. The sale of the mine, located near Parkes in NSW, is in line with newly...
Western Australia DMP’s Resources Safety is looking for industry feedback on a draft guideline on the prevention of fires in underground mines to assist those planning or conducting underground...
A reprieve for Tasmania’s be-seiged Shree Minerals iron ore project may be on the cards with the Federal Government’s new Environment Minister, Mark Butler, set to visit the Tarkine region to review...
New testwork has boosted the prospects for high rates of uranium recovery at the advanced Junction Dam project in South Australia just west of Broken Hill on the border with New South Wales...
A new silver mine may soon open up in NSW with Kingsate Consolidated moving to deliver an environmental assessment for the Bowden Silver project as early as 2014. The announcement was made at the...
Western Australia’s Kimberley region is set to get the state’s first full-scale tidal power station. According to AAP, the WA government has approved Tidal Energy Australia’s plan...
