OZ Minerals and Red Metal have formed a joint venture agreement aimed at fast tracking the search for greenfields discoveries at projects in Western Australia and Queensland.
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Panoramic drives recruitment for Savannah as first shipment nears
Panoramic Resources is only weeks away from shipping first concentrate from its Savannah nickel-copper-cobalt project as recommissioning of the Western Australian operation accelerates.
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Get set for the commodities of the future
Australia has been one of the world’s key movers when it comes to the tech metals bonanza that has taken hold of the mining industry
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IGO awards Nova software contract to MICROMINE
MICROMINE has won a contract to implement the Pitram fleet management and mine control software at Independence Group’s (IGO) Nova nickel-copper-cobalt mine in Western Australia.
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Australian Mines moves $1.3bn Sconi project to next step
Australian Mines has released its bankable feasibility study (BFS) for the Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in North Queensland, revealing a capital requirement of $US974 million ($1.35 billion).
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Broken Hill, Cobalt Blue in dispute over Thackaringa JV
Broken Hill Prospecting has issued a dispute notice to joint venture (JV) partner Cobalt Blue Holdings over the Thackaringa cobalt project near Broken Hill, New South Wales.
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Barminco secures $240m Nova contract with Independence
Barminco has been awarded a four-year contract extension worth $240 million with Independence Group (IGO).
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Townsville processing plant on cards as part of Pure Minerals acquisition
Pure Minerals may develop a new ore processing plant in Townsville, Queensland following its acquisition of emerging nickel-cobalt company Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM).
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Tech targets taking exploration 300km underground
The Australian Academy of Sciences has launched a comprehensive 10-year plan for Australian geoscience development.
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Blackham and A-Cap form $11m Wiluna joint venture
Blackham Resources and A-Cap Resources have signed a farm-in joint venture (JV) agreement over the Wiluna cobalt-nickel project. A-Cap will acquire a 75 per cent interest in the Wiluna project in Western Australia for $11 million.
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Galileo likens Fraser Range targets to IGO’s Nova
Galileo Mining has identified exploration targets in the Fraser Range, Western Australia that it has compared with Independence Group’s (IGO) Nova nickel-copper-cobalt ore body.
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Diggers & Dealers: chairman Giorgetta rallies industry to avoid crisis
Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum chairman Nick Giorgetta believes mining's skills shortage is just years away from being at crisis levels if more Australians aren't attracted to the industry.
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Public perception of mining at a six-year high
Australian opinion towards the mining sector is at its highest level in six years according to a new study by independent research firm JWS Research.
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Glencore records Australian production falls
Glencore has released its half-year (H1) production report for 2018, revealing year-on-year (YoY) reductions in gold and copper production at the company's Australian operations.
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Artemis Resources achieves strong cobalt results from Carlow Castle in the Pilbara
Artemis Resources is undertaking a major new base metal drilling programme at its Carlow Castle cobalt-gold-copper project in the Pilbara.
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Panoramic approves Savannah restart
Panoramic Resources plans to ship first concentrate from the Savannah nickel-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia in first quarter 2019.
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Independence output at Nova hit by SAG mill issue
Independence Group (IGO) has narrowly missed guidance in the first year of production at the Nova mine in Western Australia due to a SAG mill issue last month.
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Broken Hill and Cobalt Blue’s Thackaringa JV of ‘global significance’
Broken Hill Prospecting’s joint Thackaringa cobalt project with Cobalt Blue has received strong results from its pre-feasibility study (PFS), indicating the project to be low-cost, high-purity, globally significant source of cobalt sulphate.
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Australian Mines to export record battery-grade cobalt and nickel samples
Australian Mines will export 40kg of battery-grade nickel sulphate and 4kg of battery-grade cobalt sulphate, setting a record for the largest known shipment of such ores mined and processed in Australia.
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Independence plans Nova automation, battery metals development
Independence Group (IGO) is developing plans for an underground automation project at the Nova nickel-copper mine south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
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