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January 17th, 2020
Kalamazoo Resources is set to accelerate and expand exploration at its central Victorian gold projects after receiving an $8 million investment. The investors, Canadian-listed gold explorer Novo Resources, and Novo director and former Kirkland Lake Gold chairman, Eric Sprott have each subscribed for 10 million Kalamazoo shares at $0.40 per share. This gives them each […]
January 15th, 2020
BHP contractor Fluor Corporation has commenced the construction of the ore handling plant in the South Flank project in Western Australia. Fluor, which provides engineering, procurement and construction management services on South Flank, has erected the first 1500 tons of modules in the plant. BHP plans to include a 72 million tonne a year crushing […]
January 14th, 2020
Dongas at one of the most prominent and contentious mining camps in Western Australia’s Pilbara are finally being dismantled, more than three years after one of Australia’s major miners announced it would happen. Controversy over the Kurra Village camp, built by BHP to house 500 transient fly-in fly-out workers in Newman during the state’s mining […]
January 14th, 2020
Shell Australia has revealed a significant gas and condensate discovery offshore Western Australia’s north west coast in the Browse Basin. The company’s drilling of the Bratwurst -1 exploration well, within title AC/P64 (100 per cent Shell equity, operated), was safely and successfully concluded on December 4 last year after a 78-day campaign. Shell’s campaign was […]
January 13th, 2020
Solid iron ore prices are tipped to continue throughout early 2020, according to Australian iron ore development company Macarthur Minerals. Company executive chairman Cameron McCall said the current iron ore price range was creating momentum globally. The strong iron ore price continues to trade in a spot range of $US80–$US93 ($115.90-$134.72) for 62 per cent […]
January 11th, 2020
The BMW Group has signed a contract with Ganfeng Lithium to receive its supply for the battery-making ingredient from Australian mines. This entails a projected order volume totalling €540 million ($872.8 million), representing 100 per cent of BMW’s lithium hydroxide needs for fifth-generation battery cells in its high-voltage batteries, according to BMW AG’s board of […]
January 9th, 2020
OZ Minerals has produced its first saleable copper-gold concentrate at the Carrapateena copper-gold mine in South Australia. Last month’s achievement met the 2019 fourth quarter schedule mapped out by OZ Minerals’ board in 2017. OZ Minerals stockpiled over 280,000 tonnes of development ore on the surface ahead of a plan for the mine to enter […]
January 8th, 2020
Kalamazoo Resources capped off 2019 with a promising high-grade gold drill hole intersection at the Castlemaine gold project in Victoria. The company completed four diamond drill holes at the Mustang prospect, the fourth of which (MU19DD04) uncovered a 1.42 metre intersection at 261.3 grams per tonne of gold at 100.32 metres. This interval also includes […]
January 6th, 2020
UGL are still looking to fill roles for Transmission Technicians (South Australia) & E&I Technicians (Western Australia). Transmission Technicians (SA) UGL are currently recruiting for Transmission Technicians – Cert III – ESI Transmission for a 3:1 roster in South Australia (camp accommodation and flights provided from any capital city.) Details here: http://ow.ly/1xCE50xEORU) E&I Technicians (WA) […]
January 6th, 2020
Coal and iron ore are the heavy hitters of minerals in Australia. They’re our two top mining commodities by far, together accounting for 30 percent of national exports. But a handful of other minerals have become rather fashionable in recent times. They account for a small fraction of our export earnings and it’s mostly small […]
