Stavely Minerals has announced its high-grade gold exploration portfolio on the eastern seaboard of Australia, expanding with strategic acquisitions in Tasmania and Victoria.

CSIRO and Monash University’s Matthew Hill will receive the Solomon Award for his ground-breaking development, magic crystals, winning against dozens of applications from cleaning gases and liquids to mining and drug production.

Australia’s gold mine output in the September quarter declined by five per cent to 78 tonnes, according to Melbourne-based mining experts, Surbiton Associates.

Saracen Mineral Holdings has successfully completed its acquisition of 50 per cent interest in the Kalgoorlie Super Pit from Barrick Gold Corporation.

Four in 10 Australians want the ban on nuclear power lifted, according to a polling by JWS Research.

Alita Resources, previously Alliance Mineral Assets, has announced its proposed Deed of Company Arrangement (DoCA) discussions with China Hydrogen Limited.

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NRW Holdings has taken little time to secure commitments for the funding it requires to complete a $116.4 million acquisition of BGC Contracting.

Flinders Mines has formed a farm-in incorporated joint venture with BBI Group for its flagship Pilbara iron ore project (PIOP).

The South Australian Government is launching an open data competition that it hopes will lead to the discovery of the next Olympic Dam or Carrapateena deposit.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Metso’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets.

OZ Minerals has started construction of its Pedra Branca underground copper-gold mine in the Carajás, Brazil.

Anglo American has equalised the ownership structure of its Moranbah North and Grosvenor metallurgical coal operations in Queensland.

Alkane Resources plans to fund future exploration at its highly prospective East Lachlan assets in New South Wales with a $54.8 million capital raising.

NRW Holdings has confirmed it will buy BGC Contracting in a transformational deal that gives the target an enterprise value of $310 million.

Wagners has secured the lead contractor role to deliver a quarry operations package worth at least $35 million for the Carmichael project in the Galilee Basin.

Vysarn subsidiary Pentium Hydro will provide Fortescue Metals Group with drilling and construction services under a new contract.

The Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Minerals Development has announced Rio Tinto will be a founding partner, adding to the company’s global indigenous-engaged programs.

BHP’s next chief executive Mike Henry has placed technology front and centre in his first speech as CEO to-be.