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Record year for Regis opens door for expansion
Gold miner Regis Resources says it expects a roughly 10 per cent increase to its current production levels by the 2022 financial year after announcing record annual production on Tuesday.
July 24, 2019 0 comment
Northern Minerals boosts Browns Range pilot development
Northern Minerals will launch an ambitious ramp up of exploration and development at its Browns Range rare earths project in Western Australia after securing new funding.
July 23, 2019 0 comment
WA mining salaries now higher than during boom
BDO Australia has reported that wages for some professions in the mining sector are rising above the levels seen in the last boom, particularly in Western Australia.
July 17, 2019 0 comment
Bis extends contract with Glencore at Murrin Murrin
Bis Industries has strengthened a partnership with Glencore-owned Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt mine in Western Australia with a four-year contract extension.
July 16, 2019 0 comment
Kalium Lakes awards Beyondie contract to Jaylon
Jaylon Environmental Systems will supply and install evaporation pond liners for Kalium Lakes’ Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia as part of a $15 million contract.
July 9, 2019 0 comment
Beacon on track for gold production at Jaurdi
Beacon Minerals has commissioned a six-megawatt power station at its developing Jaurdi gold project in Western Australia.
July 5, 2019 0 comment
Galena secures major approvals to start Abra construction
Galena Mining has received final approval for construction, mining and production at the Abra base metals project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
July 4, 2019 0 comment
Millennium delivers first gold from expanded Nullagine plant
Millennium Minerals has reached a milestone at the Nullagine gold project by producing its first gold from the site’s stage one sulphide plant expansion.
June 26, 2019 0 comment
Independence Group acquires 90% of Plumridge project from Arrow
Independence Group (IGO) now owns 90 per cent of the Plumridge nickel project in the Fraser Range, Western Australia after completing its farm-in expenditure with joint venture partner Arrow Minerals.
June 21, 2019 0 comment
Dacian Gold bounces back with Mt Morgans high-grade discovery
Dacian Gold has discovered some of the thickest, highest-grade gold mineralisation ever intersected from its 100 per cent-owned Mt Morgans mine near Laverton, Western Australia.
June 21, 2019 0 comment
CSIRO cyanide-free gold recovery technology goes live
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is now taking its Going for Gold gold recovery technology out of the trial phase and into the real-world market.
June 19, 2019 0 comment
Saracen makes $38.2 million takeover offer for Bligh Resources
Saracen Minerals has made an off-market offer to acquire Western Australia-based gold miner Bligh Resources.
June 14, 2019 0 comment
Mining drives consistent job growth through 2019
Employment company SEEK has revealed that the mining, resources and energy sector was the third-strongest contributor to the Australian employment market for the month of May.
June 13, 2019 0 comment
RNC Minerals completes $50m Higginsville acquisition
Canadian miner RNC Minerals has finalised the acquisition of the Higginsville gold operation from Westgold Resources.
June 12, 2019 0 comment
TNG secures $10m push for Mount Peake
TNG is continuing to attract interest in its diversified Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory after announcing it will receive a $10 million placement from German investors.
June 11, 2019 0 comment
Western Australia delivers quarterly exploration boost
Western Australia is driving a boost to mineral exploration spending in the March 2019 quarter, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.
June 4, 2019 0 comment
SRG Global inks South32 Worsley alumina contract
South32 has awarded a long-term engineering services contract at the Worsley Alumina bauxite operations in Western Australia to SRG Global.
May 27, 2019 0 comment
Battery metals major focus for greenfield exploration in WA
Nearly a third of participants involved in the current round of an ongoing state-backed commodity exploration scheme in Western Australia are focusing on battery metal discoveries.
May 23, 2019 0 comment
Prospector finds gold nugget worth nearly $100,000
An amateur prospector in Western Australia has discovered a 49-ounce (1.4-kilogram) gold nugget worth almost $100,000.
May 21, 2019 0 comment
Caterpillar partners with Rio Tinto to automate Koodaideri
Caterpillar will supply machinery and autonomous technology for Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
May 7, 2019 0 comment