Gold prices have surged to a near six-year high overnight after the US Federal Reserve bank signalled it was ready to cut interest rates as early as next month to boost growth, triggering a sharp...
Category - Resource Extraction & Processing
Macmahon Holdings Limited (ASX: MAH) has entered into an agreement to acquire underground mining contractor GBF Holdings (WA) Pty Ltd and its The acquisition includes all GBF subsidiaries and is...
Greg Evans from the Coal Council is upbeat about the future of coal following a new report. In a statement released today, Evans highlighted the positive outlook for the sector moving forward. He...
More than 315,000 Queensland men and women working in the State’s resources sector have helped Queensland post a new export record. Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said...
Rio Tinto has confirmed it will spend $3.5 billion developing the Koodaideri iron ore mine near Newman, in what is set to become the most technologically advanced iron ore mine in the world.
BHP confirmed identification of a potential new iron oxide, copper, gold (IOCG) mineralised system, located 65 kilometres to the south east of BHP’s operations at Olympic Dam in South Australia.
BHP has announced a change to its procurement policies, extending preferred payment terms of 30 days to all Australian businesses in local areas.
Fracking will not be permitted over 98 percent of Western Australia and, for the first time, traditional owners and farmers will have the right to say no to oil and gas production from fracking on...
Australian Potash Limited has advised the successful completion of the final transfer of brine into Harvest Pond 3 at the Lake Wells Sulphate of Potash project’s pilot evaporation pond network.
SIMPEC has been awarded a contract to install a flocculant treatment plant for Iluka Resources’ new mineral sands project in Cataby. The A$1.7 million ($1.2 million) contract award will see SIMPEC, a...
Australia is heading for a record level gold production year according to a new report released by mining consultants Surbiton Associates this week.
Rio Tinto is leading a hive of mine exploration activity in a remote corner of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. The little explored Paterson province has boosted its holdings 10-fold in the...
