Rio Tinto’s Amrun Chith export facility team, McConnell Dowell, Bechtel and Jacobs, have won a Queensland Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) Earth Award for its civil construction.

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode powders produced at Lithium Australia’s subsidiary VSPC will be tested by battery-cell makers in China in the coming fortnight.

The Australian Government-backed Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) is to investigate potential funding options for Kalium Lakes’ Beyondie Suphate of Potash (SOP) project in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto has received two awards at the 2018 Women in Resources National Awards (WIRNA) for gender diversity and anti-domestic violence initiatives.

SEEK has reported its weakest month for growth in Australian job advertisements since March 2017 but the mining, resources & energy sector still led the way across all included industries.

Mining companies have, for the first time, got on board with the annual MATES In Construction ‘Fly the Flag Day’ public awareness campaign to help prevent suicide.

A new report from GlobalData predicts that electric vehicle (EV) demand will double global lithium production from 26,700 tonnes (t) in 20180 to 58,300t in 2022.

Diversified explorer Artemis Resources has returned high-grade RC drilling results from the Carlow Castle copper-cobalt-gold project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Northern Star is set to lend $2 million to Venturex Resources to support the development of Venturex’s Sulphur Springs copper-zinc project in Western Australia.

ASX-listed RTG Mining has presented its redevelopment proposal for the Panguna mine to the House of Representatives in Bougainville in a significant step forward for the project.

Lithium Australia has completed its acquisition of the Sadisdorf lithium/tin resource and Hegelshöhe exploration project from Tin International in Germany.

Matsa Resources has commenced mining operations at its 100 per cent-owned Red Dog gold project in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

Australian Potash has been granted mining leases for the development of its Lake Wells potash project in Western Australia.

Australian Mines has made an agreement with a New York-based company for $12 million in funding that will be put towards completing the acquisition of the Flemington project in New South Wales.

Altura Mining has secured an additional $US15 million ($21 million) to support the operation of its Altura lithium project at Pilgangoora in the Pilbara.

Sandvik has established its ‘3 Pillar Framework’ for automation, which provides efficient monitoring and accurate reporting of data, smart management systems and intelligent machines equipped with systems like AutoMine and OptiMine.

Northern Minerals have announced two new high-grade heavy rare earth discoveries, Dazzler and Iceman, less than 15 kilometres from its Browns Range processing plant in northern Western Australia.

Gold Road Resources has released its latest financial report for the six months ending June 30 and despite posting a net loss the company was positive regarding the progress of its flagship projects.

Millennium Minerals has boasted an outstanding production rate of 400 ounces (oz) a day at its Nullagine gold project for the past two weeks .