Catalyst Metals has hit 600 grams of gold per tonne at the Henty project in Tasmania, in the same week the state government awarded an exploration grant to the junior explorer.

The Queensland Government has commissioned an airborne geophysical survey of the state’s north-west to uncover its next wave of mineral projects.

BHP has outlined how its tailings storage management plan will achieve zero harm to people or environment with a top-down approach.

Commodity prices have emerged as the top risk facing the Australian resources industry, according to KPMG’s Australian Mining Risk Forecast 2021-22 report.

St George Mining has established a high-grade nickel-copper sulphide discovery at the Mt Alexander project in Western Australia after receiving assay results.

Rio Tinto has pioneered Caterpillar’s autonomous water trucks at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Red 5 has provided Macmahon Contractors a 5-year open pit and underground mining services contract at the King of the Hills gold project in Western Australia.

IGO and Tianqi Lithium have advanced the completion of a joint venture which will break new ground in Australian lithium.  

Sandvik has signed a long-term lease to build a state-of-the-art warehouse in Perth to consolidate its operations within the city.

Fortescue has used Perth’s Resource’s Technology Showcase to demonstrate its autonomous Caterpillar MineStar Command fleet at the Christmas Creek operation.

In a move that furthers its autonomous haulage footprint, Rio Tinto will operate trucks equipped with Cat MineStar Command for Hauling systems at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.

The Western Australian labour market may need an extra 40,000 resources workers over the next two years due to an unprecedented skills shortage, according to a Pit Crew Consulting Services report.

GBM Resources has initiated the sale of the Mt Morgan gold-copper project in Queensland to Canadian-based Smartset Services to focus more attention on its Drummond Basin gold assets.

The Queensland Government has focussed on expanding the reach of its mineral resources into the Korea and South Asia export markets with the appointment of new trade commissioners.

OZ Minerals has facilitated its Ingenious Extraction Challenge, allowing 60 submissions to discover new ways to extract metals.

Swick Mining Services has revisited its Orexplore Technologies demerger with a commitment to create the new entity by the end of the year.

NRW has received a letter of intent from Karara Mining for a mining services contract worth around $700 million at the Karara iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Gold prices suffered a dramatic loss on Thursday, falling to $US1775 ($2348) per ounce, as the United States federal reserve indicated a number of interest rate hikes by 2023.