Kirkland Lake Gold’s Fosterville gold mine is set to receive an onsite cement plant with support from Victoria’s Labor Government.

The Australian Government reiterates its commitment to ensuring Australia reaches its potential as a global supplier of critical minerals following the release of a report from Geoscience Australia. 

Newcrest Mining has significantly expanded its joint venture (JV) tenure with Encounter Resources by securing a large exploration tenure in Western Australia. 

Gindalbie Metals will demerge its subsidiary Coda Minerals to shareholders before being purchased by Chinese producer Ansteel in a deal worth around $25 million.

Three mining companies have taken a podium finish in IBISWorld’s list of the top 1000 companies in Australia by revenue.

Newcrest Mining will acquire 70 per cent of the Red Chris copper-gold mine for $US806.5 million ($1.14 billion) in a deal with Canadian company Imperial Metals.

United States company Phillippi-Hagenbuch (PHIL) has developed a new version of its Autogate Tailgate system for use with Komatsu rigid frame haul trucks.

Capricorn Metals’ CEO and CFO have resigned after three company directors were replaced following a shareholder vote.

The Victorian Government will partner with the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) to entice a new generation of students in to the Victorian resources sector.

The major miner has completed commissioning of the Amrun mine in Far North Queensland ahead of schedule and as global supply of the higher-grade bauxite produced at the site becomes scarcer.

Australia’s tertiary institutions are persisted with their efforts to attract mining and engineering students despite slipping enrolment figures.

Panoramic Resources is set to improve operations at the Savannah nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia after failing to meet production target this year. 

High graphite prices are encouraging development of new projects outside of China, according to market consultant Roskill.

Exposure to high levels of diesel fumes could be the biggest occupational health threat since asbestos, according to hydraulic engineer Norm Mathers.

Geopacific Resources has acquired all of Kula Gold’s rights and interests in the Woodlark gold project in Papua New Guinea, consolidating Geopacific’s direct ownership of the project.

Iron ore and cattle magnate Gina Rinehart has placed 75th in Forbes’ 2019 list of the richest people in the world with a personal net worth of $US15.2 billion ($21.5 billion).

Thiess has secured a $172 million contract extension from Bayan Resources to expand the miner’s coal operations at Melak in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Newcrest Mining has awarded Jacobs Engineering a contract as part of the planned expansion of the Cadia operations in New South Wales, Australia’s top producing gold site in 2018.