Lynas Corporation has halted operations at its Malaysian plant following an escalation of coronavirus cases in the country.

BHP plans to recruit 1500 people to support the company’s operations in the short term amid a “difficult” time.

Alkane Resources has signalled that a potential mine operation could form off the Boda prospect in New South Wales.

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has urged state and territory governments to implement a moratorium of at least six months on tenement rentals and associated expenditure requirements for mineral exploration licenses.

Marmota chairman Colin Rose has awarded one million of his personal shares in the company to three employees, claiming the company is in “its strongest financial position in years”.

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Sandfire Resources has continued full capacity operation at the DeGrussa mine in Western Australia during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched AutoMine for Trucks, an industry first for autonomous ramp haulage in underground mines.

OceanaGold president and chief executive officer, Mick Wilkes, has stepped down from his executive position as well as from the board for personal reasons.

West African Resources has poured first gold at the Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso, with the bars weighing 23.9 kilograms.

PYBAR has unveiled a new scholarship with Curtin University Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) to support an undergraduate student in a resource-related degree.

A new Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) funded by the federal government will bring together industry and research organisations to help support regional communities facing mining closure.

BHP will reduce payment terms for small, local and Indigenous businesses to support communities around Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Downer has signed a contract with cloud-based tracking platform developer, Track’em for an upstream coal seam gas development project.

Australia’s mining, resources and energy industry has received healthy salary growth despite an overall drop in SEEK job advertisements, according to a recent employment data report from the company.

Mineral Resources has agreed to transfer its manganese assets to Resources Development Group (RDG) in exchange for a 75 per cent shareholding in RDG.

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The Central Land Council (CLC) has suspended all mining exploration activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus to vulnerable remote communities in the Northern Territory.

BHP, Fortescue, Anglo American and Hatch have established a green hydrogen consortium to tackle the mining industry’s carbon emissions.

Rio Tinto has felt the impact of a 5.7-magnitude earthquake at the Kennecott copper mine near Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States.