Mining job listings online have risen in contrast to the rest of Australia’s decline, as several states continue to battle a skills shortage.
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Fortescue restructures for future in greener resources
Fortescue Metals Group has restructured its executive team with four appointments expanding its capacity from purely iron ore into green renewables and resources more broadly.
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Earthquake halts operations at Victorian gold mine
White Rock Minerals has had to suspend underground operations at its Woods Point gold project after a magnitude six earthquake struck near Mansfield in Victoria.
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Iron ore price brings growing business back to Earth
Iron ore prices have dropped below $US100 per tonne for the first time since early November 2020, bringing promising Australian projects to unfeasible standstills.
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Gold Fields to trial Sandvik EVs in production study
Gold Fields’ St Ives operation in WA will become the first Australian mine to receive the new Sandvik LH518B 18-tonne BEV underground loader.
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MetRes delivers first coal at Millennium
MetRes and associated company M Mining have struck first coal from their Mavis Downs pit at the Millennium Mine in central Queensland.
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Hitachi launches flagship EX8000-7 excavator
Hitachi has revealed its new EX8000-7 excavator, designed to deliver the utmost power in the most challenging mining conditions.
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Austin Engineering inks first-ever deal with NRW
Austin Engineering will provide truck bodies to NRW Holdings’ Civil & Mining division as part of new contracts the company signed in August.
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Rio Tinto triples solar for Weipa mine and township
Rio Tinto has contracted EDL to build, own and operate a 4MW solar plant and 4MW battery storage at its Weipa bauxite operation in far north Queensland.
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China continues to ravage iron ore prices, miners
Iron ore prices have dropped to a 10-month low as China made further calls to slow steel production, causing major and minor iron ore miners alike to feel the effects in Australia.
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Industry leaders challenge electric mine design
Major miners such as OZ Minerals, IGO, South 32 and Evolution Mining have launched the Electric Mine Simulation challenge.
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Whitehaven Vickery extension gets Federal nod
Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery extension has got the go ahead by the Federal Government after an approval process that spanned five years.
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MACA wins $70m Pilbara Minerals contract extension
Pilbara Minerals has renewed its mining services contract with MACA at the Pilgangoora Lithium Project for a further 12 months.
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Rio Tinto to trial Caterpillar haul trucks at Gudai-Darri
Rio Tinto will be the first to deploy Caterpillar’s 793 zero-emission autonomous haul trucks, once development is complete at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.
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Gregory Crinum incident halts re-establishment
Operations have been suspended until further notice at the Gregory Crinum coal mine in central Queensland, following an incident involving two underground miners.
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Fortescue sets record with mining services contract
Fortescue Metals Group and members of the Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation have partnered to develop new mines at Fortescue’s Solomon Hub operations in Western Australia.
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BHP adds 40 million tonnes to Port Hedland throughput
BHP Iron Ore has received authorisation to increase shiploading throughput at its Port Hedland premises from 290 million tonnes per year to 330 million tonnes per year.
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Calidus locks in $210 million Macmahon contract
Calidus Resources has hired Macmahon to undertake open cut mining at the Warrawoona gold project in Western Australia in preparation for first production next year.
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St Barbara looks to fill the mill to uplift Leonora
St Barbara has outlined a strategy focused on exploration and increased throughput to extend the mine life of its Leonora gold operations in Western Australia.
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Caval Ridge extension on the cards for BMA
The BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has begun developing extension applications at its Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland, proposing an extra 31 years of mine life for the Horse Pit.
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