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Civmec has won contracts with BHP, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill and Alcoa of Australia across Western Australia worth a combined value of more than $100 million.

BHP has capitalised on a 35 per cent increase in prices for its iron ore mined in the Pilbara by delivering a production record for the second half of 2020.

Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP are continuing to engage with Native American tribes as they seek permission to develop the Resolution copper project in Arizona, the United States.

BHP plans to build a first-of-its-kind wind fence in Australia at the Finucane Island off the coast of Port Hedland to mitigate dust issues in the Pilbara region, Western Australia.

BHP and Toyota have joined forces to trial light electric vehicles (LEV) at the Nickel West operations in Western Australia.

Argonaut Resources has been granted approval by the South Australian Government to conduct a major drilling program around the western shoreline of Lake Torrens and Andamooka Island and the Carrapateena Well.

Australian iron ore producers are basking in nine-year high prices, with the commodity set to continue at these peaks throughout December.

Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, headlined by former Adani Mining chief executive Lucas Dow taking leadership of Adani Australia.

BHP has awarded Shell a contract to fuel five Newcastlemax bulk carriers with LNG.

Industry leaders including BHP and Gold Fields reinstated their pledge towards the International Council on Mining & Metals’ (ICMM) innovation for the cleaner, safer vehicles (ICSV) initiative at IMARC 2020.

BHP has fortified its supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic by using advanced technologies that help to protect the company against any unprecedented impacts this year.

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

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

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.

Newmont, a top performer in London-based Alva’s environment, social and corporate governance (ESG) report during the third quarter, has committed to a 30 per cent green house gas emissions reduction by 2030 and is aiming for zero emissions by 2050.

BHP has cut jobs and modified employee rosters at the Mt Arthur coal mine in New South Wales, according to the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union.

The High Court of Manchester has decided not to proceed with a £5 billion ($9 billion) lawsuit against BHP over the Fundão Dam tailings dam failure in Mariana, Brazil five years ago.

BHP has launched a five-year partnership with steel producer China Baowu to focus on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in the global steel industry.

BHP has committed to the Copper Mark Responsible Production Framework that covers areas including environment, community, human rights and governance issues.

BHP has selected the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) to provide bulk ore sorting and sensing expertise at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.