Olympic Dam

The winners of the 2019 Australian Mining Prospect Awards have been announced at Moda Events in Brisbane.

BHP expects that a diversified commodity portfolio combined with increased access to technology will drive the company’s balance sheet as it grapples with growing global uncertainty.

BHP has launched a training program at its Olympic Dam site in South Australia, creating job opportunities for people without experience in mining.

OZ Minerals will spend $10 million on a three-stage exploration program with Investigator Resources in order to earn up to 70 per cent of the Maslins project in South Australia.

Boss Resources has reached the second phase of its plan to restart the Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia.

The Oak Dam copper discovery in South Australia is still not locked in to become a new project despite ongoing drilling efforts, according to BHP.

Stay on top of the most read articles on the Australian Mining website over the past week, including the official launch of an autonomous project in the Pilbara.

BHP and Mitsubishi Development (MDP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to pursue emissions reductions.

BHP has completed a heap leach development trial it says confirms the technology’s viability to extract copper, uranium, gold and silver at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group has enlarged its foothold in South Australia by embarking on two joint venture (JV) agreements in copper and gold through its subsidiary FMG Resources.

Boss Resources could be well placed to meet the needs of a burgeoning uranium bull market after reporting a 30 per cent mineral resource increase at the Honeymoon mine restart area in South Australia.

BHP has stated that productivity will be “broadly flat” in the 2019 financial year according to chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie.

BHP is trialling zero-emissions vehicles at the Olympic Dam operation in South Australia in an attempt to reduce exposure to particulate matter.

BHP has launched the operation of an underground ramp that will improve access to higher-grade copper at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

Brisbane-based Alliance Aviation Services has extended an air charter contract with BHP Nickel West by five years.

Junior miners Cohiba Minerals and Auroch Minerals have talked up the potential of their projects in the wake of BHP’s revelation of a discovery near Olympic Dam in South Australia.

BHP has identified iron oxide, copper, gold mineralised system near Australia’s largest reserve of copper and uranium ore, the Olympic Dam operations in South Australia.

Australian Mining speaks to Josh Bryant about the changes he has made at Mitchell Services that led to him winning the 2018 Sick Safety Advocacy Award.

BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie says the company will continue to invest in its rail structure in light of Monday’s derailment of a BHP iron ore train in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Greyhound has secured a five-year renewal of a contract to provide coach services in the Bowen Basin and Olympic Dam to BHP and its joint venture partners.