The Queensland Government has added $53 million to the Resources Community Infrastructure Fund (RCIF) to improve infrastructure and community wellbeing.
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Port of Townsville gets a face lift
A Queensland-based contractor will use the country’s largest backhoe dredge to widen Townsville’s shipping channels, increasing potential for mineral exports in the state’s COVID-19 recovery.
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Hydrogen rail on the Aurizon for Anglo
Aurizon and Anglo American have begun investigating hydrogen-powered bulk freight trains to create more sustainable supply chains in mining.
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Ravenswood installs revolutionary gold assay tech
Ravenswood Gold has agreed to install a purpose-built PhotonAssay facility from Chrysos Corporation at its namesake gold mine in Queensland, facilitating faster, safer, more accurate gold analysis.
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Vanadium processing plant on the cards for Queensland
The Queensland Government has recognised the importance of vanadium as a new economy mineral with plans for a processing plant in Townsville.
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Ravenswood expansion going for Olympic gold
Ravenswood gold mine has been touted as the supplier of gold for the Brisbane Olympic medals in 2032, as the government pushes for its expansion.
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Australian Government commits $20m to resources strategy
The Australian Government has unveiled a $20 million Global Resources Strategy to expand the reach and reputation of the country’s resources industry.
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Glencore gives QLD copper assets $500m life extension
Glencore has been awarded a financial lifeline by the Queensland Government to extend the operation of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery beyond 2022.
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Adani starts construction at Carmichael project
Adani has officially launched construction at its Carmichael coal and rail project in the Galilee Basin after receiving approval from the Queensland Government last week.
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Agripower fertiliser expansion shows 200-year potential
The Queensland Government has granted a prescribed project status to Agripower Australia’s $663 million fertiliser expansion project near Townsville.
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Phosphate Hill to potentially take $120m hit as QLD rail repairs advance
Queensland Rail has created a taskforce to expedite repairs to over 200 kilometres of track on the Mount Isa line affected by the recent floods in the state.
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Glencore coal operations in Queensland hit by heavy rain
Production at Glencore's Collinsville and Newlands coal mines in northern Queensland have been affected by heavy rain.
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Mining brings economic growth to regional WA, QLD
Mining was a key contributor to Perth's improving gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017–18, but the city requires "alternate sources of economic growth", according to a new report by SGS Economics and Planning.
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Townsville processing plant on cards as part of Pure Minerals acquisition
Pure Minerals may develop a new ore processing plant in Townsville, Queensland following its acquisition of emerging nickel-cobalt company Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM).
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Glencore records Australian production falls
Glencore has released its half-year (H1) production report for 2018, revealing year-on-year (YoY) reductions in gold and copper production at the company's Australian operations.
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Clive Palmer targets $6bn of cobalt from Queensland tailings
Businessman Clive Palmer claims that tailings owned by his companies in Queensland contain cobalt worth $6 billion.
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Queensland Nickel approves plans to restart Yabulu Refinery
Clive Palmer’s QNI Resources is a step closer to reopening the Yabulu Nickel Refinery in Queensland.
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Clive Palmer moves to freeze Queensland nickel liquidator sale
Clive Palmer, owner of Queensland Nickel's liquidated Yabulu refinery, is trying to freeze an attempt by liquidators to sell the assets to PwC.
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Australian Mines signs 100% offtake with SK for QLD cobalt project
Cobalt developer Australian Mines has signed an offtake agreement with South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer SK Innovation — parent SK Group is currently 95th on the Fortune Global 500 — for 100 per cent of production from the Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in Queensland.
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Red River launches Thalanga zinc shipments as prices strengthen
Red River Resources has completed its first shipment of zinc concentrate from the Thalanga zinc operation in Queensland.
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