Gold Fields

Bis Industries has strengthened a partnership with Glencore-owned Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia with a four-year contract extension.

While the energy landscape seemed frozen in time for several decades from the 1950s until 2000, we have certainly come out of the ice age and are now headed, perhaps a little too quickly, to much warmer times.

Mining companies big and small are joining forces and digging into the underexplored regions of northern Australia.

Stay on top of the most read articles on the Australian Mining website over the past week, including Woodside’s plan to create thousands of jobs to develop the Burrup Hub.

The Gruyere joint venture between Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources has poured first gold at the Western Australian project.

Gold Fields is set to make the Agnew gold mine in the northern Goldfields of Western Australia the first Australian mine to be powered by a wind, solar, battery and gas microgrid.

Gold Road Resources and Gruyere Mining Company, a member of Gold Fields, have faced more than a month’s delay in the construction and commissioning the Gruyere project in Western Australia.

The mining industry has responded to demand by investors to increase the disclosure of information regarding tailings storage facilities (TSFs).

Gold Fields has appointed underground mining contractor Pybar Mining Services to develop the Hamlet North project at the St Ives gold mine outside Kambalda, Western Australia.

A list of the top five Australian cities for graduates has been published, with the country’s larger urban hubs nowhere to be found.

Gold Fields is well-placed to produce around two million ounces of gold a year over the long term as output at its Gruyere project in Western Australia gears up.

The Gruyere joint venture has completed 97 per cent of its process plant construction in Western Australia, putting it on target for first gold production in the June 2019 quarter.

The Gruyere gold joint venture expects to produce up to 120,000 ounces from the Western Australia operation this year after production starts in the June quarter.

South African miner Gold Fields has contracted Scottish power company Aggreko to create a massive solar power generation system to help power the Granny Smith gold mine near Laverton, Western Australia.

First ore has been mined on schedule at the Gruyere gold project in Western Australia this month.

Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources have increased their annual production forecast for the Gruyere gold joint venture project in Western Australia.

Ausdrill has completed the acquisition of underground hard rock contractor Barminco, creating the second largest Australian mining services company by revenue.

Ausdrill’s shareholders voted in favour of the proposed acquisition of Barminco at its annual general meeting yesterday.

Barminco has been awarded a four-year contract extension worth $240 million with Independence Group (IGO).

Mining services major Barminco has been awarded two contract extensions worth $335 million in total at Gold Fields’ Agnew gold mine in Western Australia.