Metallica Minerals has announced the commencement of a key mine plan drilling campaign at its Urquhart Bauxite project, near Weipa in north Queensland. The bauxite developer said the 186...
Category - Infrastructure & Operations
BGC Contracting has won two Queensland mining contracts worth $114 million. The company have been awarded a $97m contract at Incitec Pivot Limited’s Phosphate Hill site and a $17m contract with...
Environmental groups have called for the Queensland Government to block the sale of the Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol mine in Central Queensland. The Lock the Gate Alliance are concerned taxpayers...
Australian mining companies have remained at the top of PwC’s annual Mine report into the performance of the world’s 40 largest mining companies. BHP Billiton was in the top spot...
Australia has been named the most attractive region in the world for investment, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The aim of the survey is to...
One hundred new jobs are expected to be created as one of Queensland’s oldest mines re-opens. Junior miner TerraCom has announced it has purchased the Blair Athol coal mine, through its wholly...
After wild weather caused severe flooding in the Hunter Valley, coal, freight and passenger trains had to halt operations. A statement on Wednesday from the Australian Rail Track Corporation...
The construction of a salt mine near Alice Springs is one step closer, with a $120 million deal for mining machinery signed on Tuesday giving the project a major boost. Construction of Tellus’...
For the first time in over 17 years, trains are again shipping iron ore from Iron Knob to the port at Whyalla in South Australia. Arrium Mining has announced this morning that the rail line has now...
Power-over-Ethernet and fibre optics – Luke Frost examines the latest power solutions to save installation and running costs on the mine site. As a transmission medium, fibre-optic cable provides...
A wandering drill rig has prompted Woodside to shut down production at their Pluto LNG plant after the piece of machinery drifted too close to their flowlines. The drill rig reportedly was...
A new uranium mine earmarked for the Pilbara region of Western Australia has received conditional approval to go ahead from the state government. On Wednesday, WA’s Minister for Environment...
