CIMIC Group’s services company, UGL, has been awarded $260 million worth of new rail and mining services contracts across Australia.

Stanmore Coal has received an acquisition proposal from Winfield Group Investments for an equity valuation of $390 million to $442 million.

Altura Mining is set to significantly expand its existing tenement holding in the Pilbara, Western Australia through investing in the exploration portfolio of emerging lithium miner Sayona Mining.

Australia has delivered a new record full-year trade surplus of $49.9 billion off the back of impressive results from the nation’s resources sector.

Lucapa Diamond Company has earned $8.8 million in the latest diamond sales from its Lulo and Mothae mines.

Glencore is set to close its Mutanda cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid tumbling prices for the battery metal and global uncertainty posted by the US-China trade war.

To call the past year a period of change at Ausdrill would be an understatement.

Northern Minerals has cancelled its rare earths carbonate offtake agreement with China’s Lianyugang Zeyu New Materials Sales (JFMAG), following a breach of the agreement.

A Special Purpose Liquidator (SPL) of Queensland Nickel (QNI) admitted she has failed to disclose crucial documents involving QNI’s major creditor Aurizon.

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 64 carat diamond from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho, Africa.

Ausdrill subsidiary, African Mining Services (AMS), has been selected as the preferred open-pit mining contractor at West African Resources’ Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Macmahon is set to escalate its contract dispute and pursue legal action against Newcrest Mining to get better rates for its work at the Telfer project in Western Australia.

BHP is accelerating the development of its Nickel West division ahead of expected growth in demand driven by the electric vehicle sector.

Clive Palmer has reached a settlement in the Federal Court over the collapse of Queensland Nickel, despite claiming that the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) scheme should have never happened in the first place.

The Australian Government is looking to streamline regulation in the resources sector through a 12-month review conducted by the Productivity Commission.

The Queensland Government is opening more land in the coal-rich Bowen Basin for exploration to fuel the next round of mining jobs.

Venturex Resources has received $US70 million ($100 million) in funding from global commodity trader Trafigura to develop its Sulphur Springs copper-zinc project near Port Hedland, Western Australia.

Rio Tinto is eager to talk to junior explorers or technology companies with the potential to help it identify the next major greenfields discoveries.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is perplexed by the attacks that are made on the mining industry despite its contribution to the country’s wealth.