Northern Territory

Rio Tinto has agreed to provide funding to its subsidiary Energy Resources Australia to clean up its Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory.

Santos has received approval for the first environmental management plan (EMP) that has been awarded for onshore shale gas exploration in the Northern Territory since a fracking ban was lifted last year.

Australia’s liquified natural gas (LNG) sector is worth $50 billion as exports climbed 21 per cent in the 2019 financial year.

TNG has experienced hindrances in completing its final permitting process for its Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is now taking its Going for Gold gold recovery technology out of the trial phase and into the real-world market.

Emerging lithium company Core Lithium has moved a step closer to the development of its Grants deposit south of Darwin in the Northern Territory.

TNG is continuing to attract interest in its diversified Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory after announcing it will receive a $10 million placement from German investors.

Newmont Exploration has struck a $14.5 million joint venture agreement with WA-based Prodigy Gold over the Tobruk project in the Northern Territory.

TNG has taken an important step forward in ensuring the validity of the Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project thanks to a new binding offtake agreement.

Swick Mining Services has considerably boosted its order book due to several new tender outcomes and contracts both in Australia and internationally.

Rio Tinto has temporarily halted rail operations and mining at the Robe Valley project in the Pilbara in response to Cyclone Veronica.

Australian Mining’s top five stories of the past week included an autonomous truck incident in the Pilbara, mining companies bracing for cyclones across Australia, rehabilitation plans in Queensland, and more.

Major miners Rio Tinto and BHP are gearing up in preparation for the cyclones on both the west and east coasts of Australia.

The Northern Territory and Queensland have shown potential for mineral deposits including gold, copper, nickel, lead, zinc and manganese.

Barrick Gold has officially unveiled an offer to merge with Newmont Mining after several days of anticipation it would make a tilt for the gold rival.

The Canadian company has reviewed the opportunity to merge with the United States-based Newmont in an all-share, nil premium transaction.

Monadelphous has been granted a construction works contract worth $108 million at BHP’s South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Glencore is supporting its status as one of Australia’s leading mining industry employers by boosting its number of apprentices in 2019.

Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has revised the rehabilitation cost for its Ranger uranium project in the Northern Territory following finalisation of its closure feasibility study.

The Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has received conditional consent from the Northern Territory Government to operate the 440-kilometre Tanami gas pipeline serving Newmont Mining’s Tanami gold mine.