January 10, 2011 Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto sign contract for part of Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future™ program On November 29 last year Aker Wirth and Rio Tinto signed a contract for the delivery and testing of the first Tunnel Boring System (TBS), which has been developed for Rio’s…
January 7, 2011 Xstrata says it is too early to say when its Blakefield South mine will reopen The mine, in Australia's New South Wales was closed on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the mine Coal miner Xstrata on Friday said it was too early to…
January 6, 2011 A meagre upside, admittedly, but Queensland rebuild will boost GDP IT IS little comfort for those who have lost everything but Queensland’s floods could provide some economic growth as communities rebuild, households […]
January 6, 2011 ‘Significant’ heavy rare earths find at Australian copper/cobalt project China Yunnan Copper reports a significant drill intercept of heavy rare earths at its Mt. Dorothy prospect in north-west Queensland SYDNEY - With a significant heavy rare earth element intercept…
January 5, 2011 Xstrata says a fire has shut down its Blakefield South Coal mine The miner says no miners were caught underground and no injuries have been reported from the fire that erupted on Wednesday afternoon at the mine in New South Wales SYDNEY…
December 8, 2010 FLSmidth makes offer for the acquisition of ESSA Australia FLSmidth has announced an offer to acquire Australian-listed company ESSA Australia Limited (ESSA). FLSmidth’s offer corresponds to an enterprise value of approximately […]
November 25, 2010 Howden Screw Compressors Chosen for Major Coal Bed Methane Project in Australia Leading Scottish engineering company, Howden Compressors Ltd., part of the Howden group of companies, announces that is has received a multi-million pound […]
November 15, 2010 Anglo sells steel units to Australia’s OneSteel for $932m Mining major Anglo American (Anglo) would sell its Moly-Cop and AltaSteel to Australian company OneSteel for $932-million. The two businesses, which are […]
November 11, 2010 Green light for big new Australian gold project The two companies proposing to develop Australia’s biggest grass roots gold project, Tropicana, today jointly approved the project’s development. Read more
November 11, 2010 Metso makes assembled crushers attractive to iron ore customer Metso Minerals assembled crushers save time and improve safety for iron ore concentrator in Western Australia at the Karara project. This is an integrated […]
World’s no. 2 gold miner is ‘willing to move’ on M&A, CEO says Ammar Al-Joundi said the gold producer is “very well-positioned” to pursue acquisitions should opportunities emerge. February 13, 2026 | 02:47 pm
