Newcrest Mining has started investigations after a localised seismic event occurred at the Cadia gold operation in New South Wales.
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Thiess contract at Mount Pleasant nears $1bn
MACH Energy has selected Thiess as the preferred contractor for mining services at the Mount Pleasant thermal coal project in New South Wales.
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Pembroke gets government funding for Olive Downs
Pembroke Resources has received a $175 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to develop the Olive Downs coking coal project in Queensland.
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Critical minerals portal opens path to global investment
The Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative online portal has been created to display the world’s largest dataset of critical minerals deposits.
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FIFO workers not exempt from Perth lockdown
A ‘stay where you are’ order has been issued by Western Australian premier Mark McGowan, as the state enforced a four-day COVID-19 lockdown.
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Tanami COVID-19 outbreak prompts mass FIFO lockdown
The Northern Territory Government has put all mine workers who travelled to Alice Springs and Darwin into isolation following a COVID-19 outbreak at Newmont Corporation’s Tanami gold mine.
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Bravus breaks first coal milestone at Carmichael
Bravus Mining and Resources has struck first coal at the Carmichael project in Queensland with the company on track to export first coal later this year.
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Monadelphous banks BHP, Rio Tinto contracts
Monadelphous has secured contracts worth $215 million with a list of multinational miners, including BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG).
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Australia opens door to international mining workers
The federal government has added mining occupations to the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) to address the local skills shortage in the resources sector.
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WA skills shortage predicted to peak in 2023
The Western Australian labour market may need an extra 40,000 resources workers over the next two years due to an unprecedented skills shortage, according to a Pit Crew Consulting Services report.
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Ramelius mines first ore at Tampia
Ramelius Resources has started ore mining at the Tampia gold mine in Western Australia for the first time since it first took over the project in 2019.
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Vista Gold to restart mothballed Mt Todd gold mine in NT
The Northern Territory Government has approved Vista Gold Australia’s mining management plan to recommence operations at the Mount Todd gold mine.
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Anglo American takes action on Grosvenor incident report
Anglo American is committing $5 million to fund underground mining research following the release of a report into an incident at its Grosvenor underground coal mine which injured five employees last year.
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Australian thermal coal best-in-class
The quality of Australia's thermal coal has significant advantages over other countries, including fewer carbon emissions, according to a Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) report.
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Glencore to roll out Epiroc battery loader at CSA
Glencore has bought an ST14 battery electric loader from Epiroc which will unveiled at the CSA copper mine in New South Wales this month.
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BHP and Rio top PwC global miner report
Five Australian mining companies have been named among the world’s Top 40 miners in Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ (PwC) annual Mine 2021 report, with early forecasts suggesting the industry will record the second highest net profits in 18 years.
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Dyno Nobel fires first underground wireless blast at Big Bell
Dyno Nobel has completed its first wireless detonator blast using its CyberDet I technology at Westgold’s Big Bell gold mine in Western Australia.
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BHP invests in copper extraction technology
BHP has contributed to a $US50 million ($64 million) investment in Jetti Resources, which has developed a new copper extraction technology.
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Tesla targets $1bn investment in Australian EV minerals
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has declared the company plans to spend more than $1 billion on Australia’s minerals supply to cater for growing electric vehicle (EV) demand.
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NSW thermal coal charges up as demand rises
Newcastle thermal coal futures have risen to their highest price since July 2018 at $US121.25 ($156.50) per tonne on Wednesday, off the back of increasing demand of the commodity in Asia.
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