A new copper find at Aditya Birla’s Mount Gordon mine near Mount Isa in Queensland is being reviewed by ANZ Bank, fuelling speculation about the mine’s future.
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Kiwi billionaires eyeing off tungsten juniors
A major New Zealand business is making waves in the tungsten space, taking positions in a number of juniors.
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AngloGold braces for tougher times
While the gold sector adjusts to deal with a lower commodity price, taking the knife to jobs, operations and budgets, AngloGold Ashanti has had a few of its own issues to contend with. Alex Heber reports.
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Mining, oil and gas lobbies knock on Coalition’s door post-election
With the election done and dusted, and the Coalition handed victory, the mining, gas and oil industry lobbyists are getting ready to visit Canberra to talk about implementing changes to the industry.
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Mining industry groups welcome Coalition’s pledge to secure mining future
In a bid to boost exploration in Australia, the Coalition announced it would introduce an Exploration Development Incentive that will allow investors to deduct the expense of mining exploration against their taxable income.
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Coalition promises “use it or lose it” offshore lease policy
The Federal Opposition disclosed a variety of resources and energy policies yesterday, including pushing gas and oil companies to “use it or lose it” to hang on to offshore leases.
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SGS to open new minerals testing facility in Kalgoorlie
SGS has announced it will open a new minerals and construction materials testing facility in Kalgoorlie later this year.
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Breaking dirt, exploration’s evolution [INFOGRAPHIC]
Exploration has come a long way from sifting sediment in a river.
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Sheffield Resources wins Best Emerging Company award
Sheffield Resources has won the Best Emerging Company award at the Diggers & Dealers's annual gala dinner.
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CSG company slammed over a letter sent to north coast schools
Oil and gas company Metgasco have been slammed for a letter sent to schools in NSW offering to send its staff members in to talk to students.
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Geologists uncover new mineral
Geologists at the University of California, Riverside have discovered a new mineral, which they have named qingsongite.
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Finding Chuquicamata’s fabled ‘lost ore’
One of the world's famed copper explorers is on the hunt for the theorised 'missing ore' off Chile's massive Chuquicamata mine.
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Murphy Oil seeks approval to drill near Abrolhos Islands
Murphy Oil has submitted documents seeking federal approval to drill an exploration well 30km from the Batavia shipwreck near the Abrolhos Islands off Western Australia.
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IPB Petroleum to make oil splash in Browse Basin
A junior oil exploration company’s hard work is set to pay off with predictions they are sitting on close to 1 billion barrels of oil.
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Poseidon sees massive increase in nickel reserve
Poseidon Nickel has announced an enormous 121 per cent increase in its probable nickel reserves at Mt Windarra.
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Deep Yellow slashes jobs, cuts pay
Uranium exploration company Deep Yellow has cut jobs and reduced salaries by five per cent as it ramps up steps to reduce overhead costs, blaming the move on the weakness in the uranium sector.
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Miners hoping for exploration leg-up with Coalition
Australia’s resources sector is optimistic of the initiation of tax concessions that will give a leg up for exploration activity if the Coalition wins the election.
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Queensland explores surveying with new funding
As the industry comes to grips with the mining downturn, the Queensland government is providing $30 million for the Future Resources Program over three years.
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Delay in licences not deterring uranium mining hopefuls
The chief of uranium explorer company Marmota Energy says a seven-month delay in the New South Wales Government’s decision to issue exploration licences is reasonable.
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Cockatoo Coal sells stake in coal exploration project
Cockatoo Coal has sold its stake in Hume Coal, making Korean steel company POSCO the sole owner of the Southern Highlands coal project.
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