BHP Billiton has announced four additional appointments to the Board of Directors of South32. These Non-executive Director appointments are subject to shareholder approval for its proposed demerger...
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The Easter break is only a day away and while for many it is a welcomed break, for others – like FIFO, DIDO and other remote workers – it unfortunately doesn’t promise a few good days off spent with...
BC Iron has been announced as the first iron ore miner to benefit from the Western Australian government’s temporary iron ore assistance program. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said...
The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) has thrown its support behind a push to develop a uranium industry in that state. In a statement released today, SACOME said it welcomed the...
BHP Billiton has welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Productivity Commission as it considers improvements to Australia’s workplace relations framework. BHP Billiton’s...
Against a background of hope for job creation and concern for the environment, a proposal to turn the abandoned Mount Todd mine site into one of Australia’s largest gold operations is up in the...
In an effort to quantify the criticality of the 62 metals on the Period Table of Elements, a group of Yale researchers has published a new paper providing key insights into how extracting the metals...
To ride out the current downturn in the oil and gas market, Queensland’s LNG industry needs to model itself on Swedish furniture giant, Ikea, according to a leading industry analyst. National...
Like many smaller, remote Queensland towns, Mount Isa in the Gulf Country region was born of the lead, silver, copper and zinc deposits it revealed to prospector John Campbell Miles in 1923. It has...
Diversification, efficiencies and innovation will be the best recipe for survival for mining services companies under ongoing pressure from a mining sector focused on productivity. EY’s latest annual...
A Rio Tinto initiative to free up one of the world’s great wilderness areas marks an important step in supporting the West Australian Government’s plans to establish Australia’s largest national park...
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...
