Caterpillar has announced the release of its Cat 395 excavator, promising an increase in production and decrease in maintenance costs compared with the outgoing Cat 390F excavator.

Lucapa Diamond Company has scored $US5.6 million ($7.9 million) in sales from its latest offering of diamonds from the Lulo mine in Angola, Africa.

Thiess has secured a $340 million contract extension with Glencore to provide mining services at the Mt Owen coal operations in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

ABB has partnered with the Enterprise Transformation Partners (ETP) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) to digitalise Gold Fields Australia’s Granny Smith mine in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto has pushed ahead with $75 million of planned maintenance shutdown work at its two alumina refineries in Gladstone, Queensland, this year.

Altura Mining has ramped up operations at the Altura lithium project in Western Australia as workers returned to pre-COVID-19 rosters.

Fortescue Metals Group is set to receive 15 Rolls-Royce gas gensets that will power the Iron Bridge magnetite project in Western Australia.

Joint venture (JV) partners Gold Road Resources and Gold Fields have experienced an interruption to its production at the Gruyere gold mine in Western Australia.

A new survey has found that many Australian mining businesses are unprepared for and are failing to put appropriate measures in place to prevent cyber security attacks.

Alcoa has expanded its alumina offering to produce the industry’s first low-carbon, smelter-grade brand, EcoSource.

Australian Potash is set to deliver the country’s lowest carbon emitting potash project at its Lake Wells operation in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto has inked an agreement to develop blending operations within the Port of Dalian in China as it moves to expand its offering to customers across Asia.

Junior explorer Encounter Resources has received endorsement for its Elliott copper project in the Northern Territory from mining giant BHP, with the two companies forming a joint venture.

Glencore has been awarded a financial lifeline by the Queensland Government to extend the operation of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery beyond 2022. 

Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, including at Caterpillar, Newcrest Mining, Stanmore Coal and more.

Novo Resources has locked in an initial 50 per cent interest in Kalamazoo Resources’ Queens gold project in Victoria.

Tesla has revealed at its Tesla Battery Day that the company is planning to break into the battery metals mining business.

Australian Vanadium has been awarded two exploration licenses at the Coates project near Wundowie in Western Australia. 

IGO has collaborated with Barminco to complete a pilot of a battery electric light vehicle (BELV) at its Nova operation in Western Australia.

Silver Lake Resources continues to develop the Deflector South West corridor for its Deflector gold-copper project in Western Australia as part of a plan to extend the mine’s life.