- 1. MICROMINE supports IGO’s nickel-cobalt charge in WA
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- MICROMINE has signed a major contract with Independence Group to help drive productivity and cost efficiencies at the Nova nickel-copper-cobalt Operation in the Fraser Range, Western Australia. MICROMINE ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
- 2. Tribune Resources braves Philippines mining industry
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- Western Australian miner Tribune Resources has acquired 100 per cent of the issued capital of Prometheus Developments, which holds rights to the Diwalwal Mineral Reservation gold project in Compostella ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
- 3. Cougar Metals trials innovative hydrometallurgical nickel and cobalt extraction process
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- ... Western Australia. Pyke Hill Ni-Co project location map Cougar has carried out an initial test work programme utilising historic reverse circulation (RC) drill spoil taken from ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
- 4. Innovation, renewables and the mining sector – a marriage of once unlikely partners
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- ... in the achievement of these two targets, it is safe to say that the sector has been put on notice. Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future, Pilbara, Western Australia BARRIERS TO INNOVATION ...
- Created on 08 December 2018
- 5. thyssenkrupp to supply key equipment for BHP South Flank iron ore project in Australia
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- thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has been awarded a contract to design, supply, construct and commission large-scale stockyard machines for the BHP South Flank iron ore project in Western Australia. The ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
- 6. First shipment leaves Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite mine in Australia
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- ... supply China’s significant future import needs, as well as supporting our refinery and smelting operations in Australia and New Zealand.” At a ceremony on the Western Cape York Peninsula in far nort ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
- 7. Havilah confirms Grants Iron Ore Basin discovery
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- ... of at least 3.5 km2 in the western part of the basin. This drilling is part of a comprehensive program of work currently being performed and funded by SIMEC Mining – an affiliate of the GFG Alliance ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
- 8. KCGM begins mining Morrison Layback
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- For the first time in almost a decade, the Kalgoorlie Super Pit gold mine in Western Australia is being expanded. KCGM Fimiston Open Pit. Image source ©KCGM Kalgoorlie Consolidated ...
- Created on 29 November 2018
- 9. Pilbara Minerals opens Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project
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- The Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project was officially opened this week by the Western Australia’s Minister for Mines and Petroleum, the Honourable Bill Johnston MLA, marking another key step in the lithium ...
- Created on 22 November 2018
- 10. Altura Mining secures long-term offtake agreement with leading global lithium producer
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- ... provides Altura with a more diverse customer base and locks in 100 per cent of planned production from the recently commissioned flagship Altura Lithium operation located at Pilgangoora in Western Australia. ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 11. Koolyanobbing Operation train incident – wagons derailed
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- ... of Southern Cross in Western Australia’s Yilgarn region. The train, made up of Mineral Resources-owned locomotives and rolling stock, was south of Norseman, on the Norseman to Esperance line, when ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 12. Emesent raises AU$3.5 million to unlock safer, more productive future for underground mines
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- ... , Hovermap enabled the world’s first fully autonomous beyond line-of-sight drone flight in an underground mine, 600 metres below the surface of Western Australia. Emesent’s Hovermap system is already bei ...
- Created on 08 November 2018
- 13. Northern Minerals eyes new ore sorting tech to boost Browns Range
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- ... Pilot Plant. Image courtesy ©Northern Minerals The Company has investigated using ore sorting on the five stockpiles at Browns Range Pilot Plant Project in northern Western Australia, to improve ...
- Created on 18 October 2018
- 14. Board greenlights Mt Carlton underground mine
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- ... Australian gold miner operating five wholly-owned mines: Cowal in New South Wales, Cracow, Mt Carlton and Mt Rawdon in Queensland, and Mungari in Western Australia. In addition, Evolution holds an economic ...
- Created on 18 October 2018
- 15. World’s largest mineral exploration collaboration launches
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- ... The CRC is dual headquartered in Western Australia and South Australia. Source: minexcrc.com.au ...
- Created on 18 October 2018
- 16. Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting open new mine at Hope Downs
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- Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting opened a new mine at Hope Downs in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Image courtesy ©Hancock Prospecting The joint venture partners also approved ...
- Created on 11 October 2018
- 17. First concentrate shipment – high product quality confirmed
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- Further to recent announcements regarding the first shipment of spodumene concentrate from its Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum project in Western Australia, Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has ...
- Created on 11 October 2018
- 18. Australian consortium a step closer to developing AU$100M battery research hub
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- A Western Australian-led national consortium of industry and universities has been invited to progress to the second stage of its bid to lead an AU$100 million Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research ...
- Created on 11 October 2018
- 19. Rio Tinto approves AUD$1.55 billion investment to sustain Pilbara iron ore production capacity
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- ... of the Robe River Joint Venture in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The joint venture partners will invest AUD$967 million (Rio Tinto share AUD$513 million) to develop the Mesa B, C and H deposits ...
- Created on 05 October 2018
- 20. Pilbara Minerals’ lithium sets sail for Asia
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- Australian lithium producer, Pilbara Minerals has announced that its maiden shipment of spodumene concentrate from the Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum project in Western Australia has been successfully loaded ...
- Created on 05 October 2018