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Rio Tinto has completed a wharf and land sale to joint venture group LNG Canada for $576 million.

Caterpillar celebrated a major milestone yesterday with the production of its 40,000th large dozer, a 225,000lb (102,058kg) D11T model.

Artemis Resources has agreed to allow Canadian gold explorer Pacton Gold to use its Radio Hill processing plant facilities in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Canadian company RNC Minerals has successfully recovered another impressive gold slab at the Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia, adding to its record-breaking discovery last month.

Kirkland Lake Gold has delivered record quarterly gold production of 180,155 ounces (oz) in the September quarter.

Two massive gold-bearing quartz specimens unveiled today at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth have attracted comment from industry experts.

Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources are set to deliver a shake-up to the gold mining industry by merging to create the world’s largest miner of the precious metal.

Kirkland Lake Gold has increased its stake in Canada-based Osisko Mining by acquiring almost 15 million common shares for around $CAD25 million ($27 million) in cash.

BHP will acquire 6.1 per cent of Brisbane-based company SolGold, owner of the Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador for £27.42 million ($49.1 million).

Rio Tinto has opened a fourth diamond pipe at the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Canadian uranium company Laramide Resources has made a deal with Rio Tinto to acquire the Murphy uranium tenements in the Northern Territory.

Bathurst Resources has executed a joint venture deal with Perth-based Jameson Resources to finance the development of the Crown Mountain coking coal project in Canada.

Gold miner Resolute Mining will acquire a 15 per cent stake in Orca Gold through a share placement, bolstering the ASX-listed company’s presence in Africa.

The African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) joint venture between Ausdrill and Barminco has secured a mining services contract with Canadian-based miner SEMAFO at the Siou gold operation in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

The World Gold Council (WGC) has released an essay collection called Gold 2048, which claims that due to an expanding middle class contingent in countries like China and India, demand for gold will rise.

Rio Tinto and Alcoa plan to expand the development of the world’s first carbon-free aluminium smelting process.

South32 now owns one-eighth of Trilogy Metals after investing further in the Canadian exploration company as part of a bought deal financing.

ASX-listed Beadell Resources, an Australian-headquartered mining company known for its gold operations in Brazil, in particular the Tucano mine, has announced a merger with Canadian company Golden Harp Resources to from a new dual-listed company, Americano Mining.

Kal Tire’s Ultra Repair is a revolutionary service for Australian miners that revives damaged ultra-class tyres otherwise destined for the scrap heap.

Kirkland Lake Gold plans to increase production at the Fosterville gold mine in Victoria to more than 400,000 ounces (oz) within three years.