Australian-based Argosy Minerals has launched lithium carbonate production at the Rincon lithium project in the Salta province of Argentina.

The latest round of the Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive (JMEI) has been oversubscribed, with 43 companies successfully applying for the $30 million of available credits for the 2019­–20 year.

Fortescue Metals Group is expecting to hand out a further $500 million in contracts by the end 2019 as part of its construction of the Eliwana mine and rail development.

A Golding worker has died at the Baralaba North coal mine in the Bowen Basin, Queensland. Operations have been suspended at the site until further notice.

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Fortescue Metals Group has officially started construction at the Eliwana iron ore mine and rail project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Stanmore Coal has acquired a 600-tonne excavator, the CAT 6060, from Hasting Deering for its Isaac Plains East mine.

Beacon Minerals has commissioned a six-megawatt power station at its developing Jaurdi gold project in Western Australia.

Queensland has broken another export record, having earnt $70 billion over the last 12 months for the first time according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

OceanaGold has endeavoured to keep its Didipio operations in the Philippines by filing an injunction against any unauthorised restraint of its operations.

Metso and Outotec are merging to create a “leading company in process technology, equipment and services” for the minerals, metals and aggregates industries.

Private exploration company Strategic Metals Australia (SMA) claims to have discovered a new lithium province in Georgetown, North Queensland. 

Weir Minerals has extended its scope of service to the entire tailings process, from dewatering, transport and disposal to the conversion of tailings into a resource.

Gindalbie Metals’ investors have approved the company’s $25 million sale to China-based Ansteel in a meeting, finalising a deal first announced in March.

Kalamazoo Resources is building momentum across its gold projects in Victoria through a set of exploration projects valued at $1.2 million.

Chalice has announced it is selling its wholly owned subsidiary, Chalice Gold Mines to Chantrell Ventures Corp for $C12 million ($13.1 million) in shares.

The Queensland Government has given the green light to a joint venture between Santos and Shell, and for Bridgeport Energy to start gas exploration in the Surat Basin to boost future gas supply.

Galena Mining has received final approval for construction, mining and production at the Abra base metals project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.