Western Areas has approved the Odysseus nickel project at its Cosmos operations in Western Australia after delivering a positive definitive feasibility study (DFS).
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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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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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BHP nickel smelter shuts after fire: report
BHP’s Kalgoorlie nickel smelter has been closed this week following a fire at the Western Australian site last weekend.
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BHP Nickel West awards $190m mine contract to Thiess
BHP Nickel West has awarded a $190 million contract to Thiess for its mining services at the Leinster underground nickel mine in Western Australia.
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Regis Resources achieves record gold production and profit in 2018
Regis Resources has announced its results for the 2018 financial year (FY2018), posting new company records for gold production and net profit after tax.
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Mincor Resources extends nickel sulphide diamond drilling
Mincor Resources commenced its diamond drilling program to test for extensions to its Cassini nickel sulphide deposit at the region.
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Western Areas lines up development plans as demand increases
Western Areas has reported increasing customer demand from the likes of the world's largest stainless steel company, Tsingshan Group.
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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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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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Iluka forms South Australian JV with Western Areas
Nickel-focused producer Western Areas has entered a farm-in and joint venture (JV) with Iluka Resources over the Western Gawler exploration area in South Australia.
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Mincor pours first gold from Widgiemooltha project
Eastern Goldfields-based Mincor Resources has poured first gold at its 100 per cent-owned Widgiemooltha gold project in Western Australia.
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Poseidon Nickel to restart nickel operations in Kalgoorlie
Poseidon Nickel has completed a feasibility study confirming a restart to operations at the Silver Swan underground and Black Swan open-pit nickel mines.
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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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Alpha Fine Chemicals to build new high-tech nickel plant in WA
Nickel producer Alpha Fine Chemicals (AFC) is set to build and operate a nickel sulphate plant at Kwinana south of Perth in Western Australia.
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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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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 inks Mark Creasy JV agreement near Nova mine
Independence Group (IGO) will form a joint venture with three companies owned by high-profile prospector Mark Creasy that bolsters its position near the Nova nickel-copper mine in Western 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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