Dynamic Drill and Blast Holdings (DDB) is set to provide drilling services at AngloGold Ashanti’s Sunrise Dam gold mine and GWR Group’s Wiluna West iron ore operation in Western Australia.

Iron ore mining magnate Gina Rinehart has urged the Australian Government to stop holding back industry growth and to cut green and red tapes to facilitate future investment.

South Australia has increased landowner rights and environment protections in its mining act and regulations review.

Rio Tinto has awarded Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (SCEE) a contract for plant electrical and instrumentation works at its Koodaideri iron ore project in Western Australia.

Anglo American will be boosting the life of its Aquila metallurgical coal project in Queensland by six years through a $240 million investment.

Sandvik has agreed to undertake a trial with Barrick to trial battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for underground hard rock mining environments.

Glencore has received a ministerial approval to continue operations at the McArthur River zinc mine in the Northern Territory. 

Carawine Resources has expanded its landholding at the Tropicana North gold project in Western Australia with the acquisition of Phantom Resources.

Mineral Resources (MinRes) has charted a plan to significantly grow its iron ore business that is underpinned by exports.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded ABB a contract worth $35.6 million to provide water cooled variable speed drives and high voltage induction motors at its Iron Bridge project in Western Australia.

MACA has flagged that its strong streak of mining contracts will continue in the 2021 financial year. 

Capricorn Metals has awarded a contract to Way Electrical for plant electrical installation at the Karlawinda gold project in Western Australia.

A team of scientists led by the Australian National University and RMIT University have created two types of diamonds in the lab at room temperature.

IGO is building on its purpose of “making a difference” as a business as it continues its strategic focus on copper and nickel as metals critical for enabling clean energy.

Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, including at Aus Tin Mining, New Hope Group and Red 5.  

South Australia has confirmed that mining employees considered as essential workers will be exempt from the state’s six-day lockdown.

Red 5 and Ardea Resources have announced a farm-in joint venture (JV) agreement for two projects near Red 5’s Darlot gold mine in Western Australia.

Mining is anticipated to be the second hardest hit industry by climate change in Australia should there be an inaction in mitigating it, according to Deloitte.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry has underlined the importance for nations to strengthen their ties following the signing of the world’s biggest trade deal among 15 countries.