March 20, 2019 Imperial Metals pulls ‘a rabbit out of the hat’ with Red Chris deal Investors ‘flabbergasted’ at $1.1b stake taken in Red Chris mine by Australia’s Newcrest.
March 20, 2019 Cyclone lurks off West Australia as storm hits Rio mine in East Cyclone Trevor is expected to rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is forecast to skirt South32 Ltd.’s manganese mine and a Glencore-operated zinc project
March 20, 2019 Data scientists and geoscientists offered A$1m to predict next big mineral deposit in South Australia The idea is to speed up the exploration lifecycle and allow miners to analyse information at a much faster rate than before.
March 20, 2019 Australian scientists developing tool capable of delving deeper into Earth’s rock layers The experts from Curtin University say the mechanism promises to be crucial for the country's mining and petroleum sectors.
March 20, 2019 Rio Tinto halts operations at north Australian bauxite mine as cyclone nears Weipa bauxite mining operations are located at the northeastern tip of the country.
March 20, 2019 Australian junior wants to grab Glencore’s copper mine for $575 million The underground CSA mine, located in the state of New South Wales, produced 48,000 tonnes of copper concentrate last year.
March 19, 2019 Taxes and royalties paid by Australian miners equivalent to Federal Government education spending Aussie miners paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties in 2017-18.
March 19, 2019 BHP blames heavy rains for autonomous trucks crash The collision between the driverless vehicles happened about 11pm on March 16, at the Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia.
March 18, 2019 Chinese go-slow on Australian coal imports may be starting to show Chinese coal traders are reported to have cut back on buying from Australia after the length of time taken by customs to clear cargoes reportedly doubled.
March 18, 2019 Havilah Resources to explore for additional copper-cobalt resources in the Mutooroo district The Mutooroo copper-cobalt district is located in New South Wales, eastern Australia.
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