December 13, 2018 Indonesia coal miner Bayan completes A$226m buy back of Kangaroo Resources "The aim of this share purchase is so that the company can have full control over its subsidiaries owned indirectly by Kangaroo Resources."
December 13, 2018 Australian rail workers plan strikes that could hit key coal haulage tracks Coal railway workers at Australian hauler Aurizon Holdings Ltd are planning strikes after a breakdown in pay negotiations, their trade union said.
December 13, 2018 Kirkland Lake drills high grade extensions at Fosterville The company expects to produce at least 330,000 oz. gold in 2018 at Fosterville.
December 12, 2018 Australia plans deal with US on ‘critical minerals’, hopes to boost its exports This will mean Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will work closely on exploration, extraction, processing and research and development.
December 12, 2018 BHP calls off sale of Cerro Colorado copper mine as buyer backs out The world’s No.1 miner had decided to offload Cerro Colorado mine in May last year, as part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such…
December 11, 2018 Ultra Power tags Canadian technology for world’s first dedicated vanadium processing facility VanadiumCorp and Electrochem Technologies and Materials have signed a patent option agreement allowing Ultra Pure Systems to purchase an exclusive licence to their VanadiumCorp-Electrochem processing technology (VEPT)
December 11, 2018 Kirkland Lake Gold forecasts 10-15% production growth Production growth in 2019 will be driven by its Fosterville mine in Australia.
December 11, 2018 Lithium Australia officially acquires Youanmi project The project consists of three exploration licences in the Archean Yilgarn Block, 450 kilometres north-east of Perth.
December 11, 2018 Rio’s partner in Aussie copper project says nothing great about it so far Antipa Minerals reported "weak mineralization" in a target area that is part of the Citadel project, which has been touted as likely rich in copper.
December 11, 2018 Anglo ending 2018 on high note, predicts higher output, lower costs The diversified miner anticipates 2018 production to be 2% ahead of previous guidance and costs to be 5% below.
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