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Western Australia’s Supreme Court has ordered gold miner Eastern Goldfields be wound up and have a liquidator appointed to it.

Eastern Goldfields has delivered its first carbon-in-pulp (CIP) gold pour at the recently commissioned Davyhurst processing plant in the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

Spitfire Materials and Aphrodite Gold have announced they will merge to create a diversified Australian gold company with a project portfolio in Western Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory.

Australian-based junior Oro Verde has resumed control of exploration at the Topacio gold project in Nicaragua after project partner Newcrest Mining ended an agreement.

Most of the locally-listed Australian gold producers are well placed to deal with the recent strength in the Australian dollar, thanks in part to their use of gold sales’ hedging mechanisms, according to gold mining consultants Surbiton Associates.

Western Australian miner Northern Star Resources plans to invest $50 million to expand its skills and the innovation needed to enhance underground gold mining.

Gold aspirant Red 5 has snapped up a pair of operations for $34.5 million to set up its growth strategy in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

The Diggers and Dealers Forum in Kalgoorlie is anticipating its largest turnout since 2013 when this year’s event is launched on Monday.

Azumah Resources has secured an earn-in agreement worth around $17 million at the Wa gold project in Ghana.

Millennium Minerals says it has achieved a key breakthrough in its strategy to grow the production profile and mine life of the Nullagine gold project in Western Australia.

Eastern Goldfields has poured first gold at the recently commissioned Davyhurst operation near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

Nicholas Frappell reviews the market performance of gold in the June quarter in the first part of ABC Bullion’s precious metals review for the three-month period.

Matsa Resources has launched mining at the Fortitude gold operation in Western Australia as part of an ongoing trial.

Gold production at Newcrest Mining fell by 7.8 per cent in the June quarter against a year earlier after its Cadia mine in New South Wales was impacted by an earthquake.

Anglo American has taken control of the Star Mountains copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea.

Newcrest Mining is producing again at a key section of the Cadia East underground gold mine that was shut down following an earthquake in April.

Engineering company Monadelphous has been awarded several contracts in the mining and resources industries worth a combined value of around $55 million.

Construction of the $800 million Northern Gas Pipeline, which will run from Tennant Creek to Mount Isa, has been launched.

Poseidon Nickel has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aphrodite Gold to process Aphrodite’s gold ore at the Black Swan operation in Western Australia.

Mining services company GR Engineering has launched proceedings against Eastern Goldfields (EGS) in the Supreme Court of Western Australia over a contractual dispute at the Davyhurst gold project.