September 7, 2021 Australia’s biggest silver mine in two decades taps solar boom Silver Mines’s Bowdens project in New South Wales is set to start operations in 2023 and will have an initial output target of 6 million ounces a year.
September 6, 2021 OZ Minerals resumes operations at copper-gold mine after worker death Operations had been suspended at Prominent Hill when a 43-year old man died on Sunday after being crushed by machinery.
September 6, 2021 Australia Snapshot: Eight companies to watch Call it cross-pollination: Mining companies in Australia are taking up projects in Canada and Canadian mining companies are enthusiastic about projects in Australia.
September 6, 2021 OZ Minerals halts operations at copper-gold mine after worker death Prominent Hill is forecast to produce up to 70,000 tonnes of copper and 135,000 ounces of gold in fiscal 2021.
September 6, 2021 Mineral Resources sells stake in lithium miner Pilbara for $244 million Pilbara shares are up around 160% so far this year, adding to a more than 200% rise in 2020.
September 1, 2021 BHP, CAT strengthen alliance to develop zero-emission mining trucks BHP and Caterpillar announced that they are accelerating the development and deployment of zero-emissions mining trucks at BHP sites.
September 1, 2021 Fortescue investors invited to vote on Western Australia heritage law The state is reforming laws to protect the heritage of Aboriginal Australians after global miner Rio Tinto Ltd legally destroyed rock shelters for an iron ore mine last year.
August 31, 2021 Australian state rejects POSCO’s bid to build new coal mine, rail line The Independent Planning Commision declined to grant planning permission to Hume Coal for the project, citing the potential impact to groundwater stores.
August 30, 2021 Kirkland Lake hits new visible gold intersections at Fosterville Drilling from the underground exploration drive hit this new mineralization downplunge from the Swan zone.
August 30, 2021 BHP considers making covid vaccine mandatory at Australia mines BHP is the first big resources company to consider such a step.
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