Northern Territory

Emmerson Resources has formed a strategic alliance with Territory Resources that will lead to the development of a processing hub to support small mines near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.

Evolution Mining and Emmerson Resources will move forward with the proposed restructure of their joint venture in the Northern Territory.

TNG has been granted environmental approval for the mine site at its Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project, 230km from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

The Beetaloo Sub-basin in the Northern Territory has been selected as the third and final region to be assessed by the Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program, a decision made following the move to lift the territory’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.

Northern Territory Treasurer Nicole Manison has revealed state budget plans to introduce increased royalties on the mining industry, a situation the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has called “an absolute disaster for the Northern Territory economy”.

The Northern Territory has ended its ban on fracking. Chief Minister Michael Gunner today announced the NT Government had accepted all 135 recommendations of an independent fracking inquiry.

Andromeda Metals and Minotaur Exploration have announced they will form a joint venture for $5 million in exploration funding at Andromeda’s 100 per cent-owned Rover copper-gold project in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.

TNG has formed a partnership with McMahon Services and Clough to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services at the Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory.

Australia has always been famously shy of nuclear power and construction of plants is prohibited to this day.

Uranium developer Vimy Resources has secured a deal to acquire the Alligator River project in the Northern Territory from Canada’s Cameco.

Evolution Mining and Emmerson Resources are set to restructure their Tennant Creek Mineral Field (TCMF) joint venture in the Northern Territory.

The Roper Bar iron ore mine in the Northern Territory has been cleared to restart under new ownership almost three years after it was closed.

Zenith Energy has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to build, own and operate a 62MW power station for Newmont Mining’s Tanami gold mine in the Northern Territory.

Arafura Resources last week received environmental approvals from the Northern Territory EPA’s (Environment Protection Authority) environmental impact assessment report for its Nolans rare earths project.

A three-month delay to a fracking inquiry in the Northern Territory has attracted criticism from the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA).

Core Resources has finalised its acquisition of the Bynoe lithium project in the Northern Territory from Liontown Resources.

Valmec has been awarded a contract on the Northern Gas Pipeline project by Jemena.

Newmont Mining’s $US120 million ($154 million) expansion of the Tanami gold mine on the border of Northern Territory and Western Australia was officially opened this week.

Sydney-based energy company Ebony Energy — founded by former Santos chairman Stephen Gerlach — has completed a scoping study for its proposed $3 billion coal-to-gas project at the edge of the Simpson Desert, about 250km southeast of Alice Springs.

The Northern Territory has recorded minerals sales worth $3.63 billion during 2016-17, the highest ever minerals sales for the territory.