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Government to bail out Rio Tinto NT aluminum refinery

The Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP confirmed today that the Commonwealth Government will continue working with Rio Tinto and the Northern Territory Government, with...

Junior miners: Australia’s next endangered species

Australia’s junior mining companies could be on the brink of extinction unless the federal government changes tack according to an international report on mining released at the beginning of March...

Curtin University Sells Mine Technology Company

Curtin University Sells Mine Technology Company

The shareholders of Curtin University spin out company, Scanalyse, have this week signed an agreement for their shares to be acquired by Finnish minerals and metals processing technology and services...

Wave Energy To Power WA Desalination Plant

Wave Energy To Power WA Desalination Plant

The federal government has awarded a $1.27 million grant to Carnegie Energy to develop wave-powered energy for a desalination plant on Garden Island, south west of Perth. Described as a ‘world-first’...

Third Mine For North West Tasmania

North-West Tasmania will soon get a third new mining project according to Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings. During a visit to a mining services company yesterday, Ms Giddings said she expected Venture...

Mining Revenue Headed To More Regional Areas

More towns in New South Wales look set to benefit from the government’s Resources for Regions funding program after a review recommended the broadening of the eligibility criteria. Prior to the...

CEO of BHP quits as slump in revenue reported

Yesterday’s announced departure of BHP Billiton’s Chief Executive Director, Marius Kloppers, came just hours before the company released its half yearly results (ended 31 December 2012) which...

New World Gravity Map pinpoints mineral deposits

A scientist from Curtain University in Western Australia is part of an international research team responsible for a new World Gravity Map (WGM) that will allow geophysicists to detect and isolate...