- 1. West Australia State Government launches Future Battery Industry Strategy
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- West Australia’s Premier Mark McGowan and Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston launched the Western Australian Future Battery Industry Strategy to grow the State into a world-leading exporter of ...
- Created on 07 February 2019
- 2. Jobs bonanza forecast for $250m port facility
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- ... South Australian iron ore magnetite producer with a mine and several highly prospective exploration leases in the far north of South Australia. The facility is expected to have initial capacity up to ...
- Created on 07 February 2019
- 3. Gold Road and Goldfields JV on target with first gold production
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- ... Gold Fields and Gold Road have forecast Gruyere to annually produce an average of 300,000 ounces over a 12-year mine life. Source: www.goldroad.com.au ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 4. IEEFA: China’s clean energy leadership eroded by support for coal power across Asia
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- ... development outside the country. Image source ©IEEFA The report, “China at a Crossroads: Continued Support for Coal Power Erodes China’s Clean Energy Leadership” examines China’s ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 5. Mineral Resources reaches farm-in and JV agreement with Brockman Mining
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- Mineral Resources has declared its farm-in and joint venture (JV) agreement with Hong Kong-based Brockman Mining for the Marillana iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, unconditional. The ...
- Created on 24 January 2019
- 6. New block cave project at Northparkes Mines
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- China Molybdenum Company (CMOC) and Sumitomo have announced a final approval of a new block cave mine at Northparkes copper and gold mine. Image source ©Northparkes Mines Called ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 7. OceanaGold launches P37-M water project at Didipio
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- In the Philippines’ volatile mining sector, OceanaGold appears to be hitting the mark and winning points at its Didipio Mine operations. Didipoi Mine. Image ©OceanaGold As reported ...
- Created on 04 January 2019
- 8. CIMIC'S UGL secures $180M maintenance services contract with BMA
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- CIMIC Group company UGL has secured a new multi-year contract for maintenance and shutdown support services across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The ...
- Created on 28 December 2018
- 9. PFS confirms potential for Tropicana mine
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- Independence Group (IGO) and JV partner AngloGold Ashanti have announced that a prefeasibility study (PFS) into the development of an underground mine beneath the Boston Shaker pits at Tropicana has confirmed ...
- Created on 28 December 2018
- 10. South Korean gold and silver bonanza for Southern Gold
- (Around the Region)
- ... Sampling underground at the historical Shin adit mine As reported in The ASIA Miner earlier this year, Bluebird – a 50 per cent partner in the Joint Venture – has completed its report on ...
- Created on 27 December 2018
- 11. China pit scoping study finalised
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- Myanmar Metals has completed a scoping study for the first open pit at its Bawdwin Project in Myanmar, targeting the indicated mineral resources of the China Lode. The China Pit Scoping Study was prepared ...
- Created on 27 December 2018
- 12. Minerals supply faces crunch time as economic powerhouses drive demand
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- As China remains a key driver of global commodity demand, India – the world’s fastest growing economy – and Indonesia, Asia’s emerging new powerhouse, could potentially add pressure on minerals supply. ...
- Created on 27 December 2018
- 13. Rethinking the resource curse in Asia
- (Around the Region)
- ... Economies often experience a production and export boom following the discovery of rich oil, gas or mineral deposits. However, the gains from unearthing these resources can be difficult to sustain over ...
- Created on 27 December 2018
- 14. BHP looks to strengthen its ties with China
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- Major miner, BHP, has analysed the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a network of overseas construction projects, on commodity demand. BHP looks to strengthen its ties ...
- Created on 19 December 2018
- 15. 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
- 16. Innovation, renewables and the mining sector – a marriage of once unlikely partners
- (Leading Developments)
- ... to technology and changes in the way companies mine, but also applicable to “a company’s operating structure, management, communications strategies, stakeholder engagement and a number of other areas central ...
- Created on 08 December 2018
- 17. First shipment leaves Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite mine in Australia
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- ... from the Amrun mine being loaded. Image source ©Rio Tinto The US$1.9 billion (A$2.6 billion) investment in Amrun will replace production from the depleting East Weipa mine and increase annual bauxit ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
- 18. Koolyanobbing Operation train incident – wagons derailed
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- Mineral Resources has confirmed that approximately 30 empty iron ore wagons had derailed during a journey from Esperance to the Koolyanobbing Operation (Koolyanobbing), approximately 50 kilometres north ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 19. Roy Hill recognised at 2018 DMIRS Awards for Excellence
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- Roy Hill has been awarded the 2018 Safety and Health Resources Sector Engineering Award at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) Awards for Excellence ceremony in Perth. The ...
- Created on 01 November 2018
- 20. Resources regulator simplifies process for low-risk approvals
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- Quarry and mine operators in Victoria, Australia are benefitting from streamlined regulatory processes that have been put in place to manage low-risk operational changes. Approvals and key decisions ...
- Created on 01 November 2018