Northern Star Resources has terminated its contract with Westgold Resources’ contracting business Australian Contract Mining (ACM) on a ‘without cause’ basis.

The Queensland State Government has passed a reform bill that means mining companies working in the state will now financially contribute to rehabilitation costs for abandoned mines.

Kalamazoo Resources is selling its Snake Well gold project in the Murchison region of Western Australia to Adaman Resources for $7 million.

Metso has collaborated with Rockwell Automation to launch an expanded Metso Metrics that maximises the performance of comminution circuits.

Epiroc has unveiled its second generation of battery-operated machines that have been designed to lower costs and make underground mining a healthier work environment.

The Pike River mine drift will be re-entered, eight years since multiple explosions occurred at the mine on November 19, 2010.

Newcrest Mining has entered a farm-in agreement with Canadian company Mirasol Resources at the Altazor gold project in northern Chile.

Woodside Energy chief executive Peter Coleman has encouraged large resources companies to take action on preventing climate change and form “a low-carbon society”.

Western Australian gold producers Silver Lake Resources and Doray Minerals have entered into an agreement to merge into a new company.

Northern Star Resources has bid $150 million to acquire the 49 per cent stake it does not already own of the East Kundana joint venture in Western Australia from Tribune Resources, Rand Mining and Rand Exploration.

Broken Hill Prospecting has issued a dispute notice to joint venture (JV) partner Cobalt Blue Holdings over the Thackaringa cobalt project near Broken Hill, New South Wales.

Ramelius Resources has sweetened its takeover offer for Explaurum by an additional 5 cents cash for each of the target’s share.

National Group has rented five Liebherr T 282 C ultra-class trucks to BHP at the Peak Downs coal mine in the Bowen Basin, northern Queensland.

The tender featured 63 rare pink, red and violet diamonds from Rio’s Kimberley, Western Australia-based Argyle mine, including six hero diamonds, featured at the tender, named Magnificent Argyle.

Roy Hill has signed two memoranda of understanding with Chinese companies during the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

NRW Holdings subsidiary Golding has inked a contract with Fitzroy Australia Resources for works at the Ironbark No.1 coal mine in Queensland.

Senex has launched construction of a gas processing facility and pipeline as part of its wider Western Surat gas project in Queensland.

OZ Minerals has extended the mine life of the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia to 2030.