OZ Minerals is embarking on an energy-focused project with six other notable industry organisations called the Energy and Mining Collaboration (EMC).

Anadarko Petroleum and its joint venture partners have made a final investment decision (FID) in favour of its $US20 billion ($29 billion) Mozambique LNG project.

Gold Fields is set to make the Agnew gold mine in the northern Goldfields of Western Australia the first Australian mine to be powered by a wind, solar, battery and gas microgrid.

Moolarben Coal Operations, a Yancoal subsidiary, has received conditional approval to increase production rates in its Moolarben joint venture (JV) project in New South Wales’ Central West.

Kalium Lakes has awarded Toll Mining Services a haulage and port contract for its Beyondie sulphate of potash project (BSOPP) in Western Australia.

Gold Road Resources and Gruyere Mining Company, a member of Gold Fields, have faced more than a month’s delay in the construction and commissioning the Gruyere project in Western Australia.

Engineering company Metso has been welcomed as a participant of the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE).

Rio Tinto has lowered its iron ore guidance for Pilbara shipments due to mine operational challenges at the company’s Greater Brockman hub.

New South Wales mining royalties are at record levels and forecast to keep the state budget in surplus over the forward estimates to 2022-23, despite the sector getting no share in the 2019-20 state budget.

The world’s top five mining companies are becoming more sensitive to environmental and social risks, according to a report from S&P Global.

Syrah Resources has entered into a convertible note deed and an underwritten entitlement offer to raise approximately $111.6 million for its Balama graphite project.

Newmont Goldcorp has awarded a $6 million construction contract to Valmec for the second expansion project it has proposed at the Tanami gold mine in the Northern Territory.

Coal is forecast to almost completely disappear from Australia’s electricity system by 2050 if governments do not attempt to keep plants online with subsidies, according to the latest economic analysis from BloombergNEF (BNEF) New Energy Outlook 2019.

Surging iron ore prices have driven Strike Resources’ decision to restart work on a number of its iron ore projects in Australia and Peru.

Doris Engineering Australia has been awarded contracts with Tier 2 oil and gas operators based in Perth.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is now taking its Going for Gold gold recovery technology out of the trial phase and into the real-world market.

BHP has completed a heap leach development trial it says confirms the technology’s viability to extract copper, uranium, gold and silver at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

Oil and gas executives are optimistic about company growth within the sector despite threats of cyber security and climate change.