October 11, 2011 AMMG Acquires Southdown Extension Iron Ore Project - AMMG acquires Minemakers’ West Southdown Project interest - Consolidates its portfolio of Southdown Extension tenements - Located ~80km from Albany Port on the southern coast of Western Australia -…
October 10, 2011 BHP set for the mother of all digs as $30 billion Olympic Dam expansion is approved Australia on Monday gave environmental approval for BHP Billiton to expand its Olympic Dam mine but set more than 100 environmental conditions on the uranium, copper and gold project. The…
October 9, 2011 Australia’s Atlas moves to monthly iron ore pricing Pilbara iron ore exporter Atlas Iron will switch to monthly pricing when several of its long-term supply contracts reach completion in the next nine months. Iron ore contracts have been…
October 9, 2011 More fuel on Australia’s carbon tax fire The Sydney Morning Herald reports Australia's Gillard government has opened the week of the crucial vote on carbon tax by revealing that big fuel users such as airlines want to…
October 8, 2011 Rally in the Rim against Australia coal seam gas mining A businesswoman in Scenic Rim, a sparsely populated region that covers 4,250sq km located an hour inland from Australia's Gold Coast, has declared war on coal seam gas mining in…
October 7, 2011 Rio Tinto gets on board with Virgin Australia Virgin Australia has won part of Rio Tinto’s global contract for air travel services.
October 7, 2011 Central Asia Resources moves towards gold production with A$1m spend in Kazakhstan As Perth-based Central Asia Resources (ASX:CVR) nears gold production from its Dalabai prospect in Kazakhstan it is already planning to bump up output beyond the forecast 25,000 ounces per year…
October 6, 2011 Australian silver producer upgrades processing facility ASX-listed metals producer Alcyone Resources is increasing silver production at its 100% owned Texas silver and polymetallic project in south-east Queensland to a targeted rate of 1.5-million ounces to 2-million…
October 6, 2011 Fatality at Kinsevere Copper Mine A cyclist was struck by one of the company's water carts undertaking dust suppression activities on the mine access road, Anvil said in a statement on Thursday.
October 6, 2011 Onesteel buys WPG iron ore assets for $306m OneSteel has completed its purchase of WPG Resources' iron ore assets in South Australia for about A$320 million ($306 million), less than the A$346 million previously announced.
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