BGC Contracting has diversified into Western Australia’s ‘Lithium Valley’ for the first time after Albemarle awarded the company an earthworks construction contract at the Kemerton lithium project.

Kalium Lakes has moved forward with its plans to become Australia’s first domestic producer of sulphate of potash (SOP) with the approval of a major funding boost. 

Mineral Resources’ continued growth through acquisitions and project development has hit the company’s earnings in its latest financial report.

Recruiting experts Hays has a few advice in helping workers embrace the age of automation, with half of Australian workers already seeing a shift in their responsibilities, an online poll found.

Mining equipment specialist Emeco Holdings will spend around $90 million on new assets to contribute to earnings and cash generation in the 2020 financial year.

Iluka Resources has achieved strong results from its mineral sands operations in 2018, including a new production record for synthetic rutile.

Curtin University research has found that the impact of mining on animals is overlooked in most site restoration assessments.

Anglo American has stopped production at its Moranbah North mine in central Queensland following a fatal incident yesterday.

Rio Tinto plans to strengthen how its global portfolio of tailings dams is managed in the wake of Vale’s latest disaster in Brazil.

Western Australia ushers in the new year with a 2.7 per cent increase in job vacancies last month, crowning it as the dominant state in the mining sector.

Fortescue has posted a large boost to profits and a surge in iron ore prices for the six months ending December 31, 2018.

BHP has stated that productivity will be “broadly flat” in the 2019 financial year according to chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie.

CSIRO has developed a smelting process that allows soluble phosphate to be produced from low value ores, eliminating hazardous waste and improving environmental sustainability. 

BHP has awarded its latest contract for the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia to Clough.

Evolution Mining’s expansion of the Cowal gold operations in New South Wales has moved forward with the award of an underground development contract to Pybar.

The Brazilian Government has elected to impose a ban on all upstream tailings dams in light of Vale’s tailings dam disaster in January that killed at least 169 people.

New Hope Group has advanced to the next step of the embattled New Acland coal mine stage three project approvals process as it seeks final go ahead for the long-awaited development this year.

Aus Tin Mining has recommenced mining at its Granville East mine in Tasmania, following the completion of a new tailings storage facility as part of the level two expansion of the operation.