BHP restarts Temco operation

Diversified miner BHP Billiton on Tuesday announced that it would restart its Tasmania Electro Metallurgical Company (Temco) manganese alloy facility following a 90-day suspension. During February this year, BHP suspended operations at Temco as...

Gillard breaks ground at A$34bn Ichthys

Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday officially launched the construction of the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, in the Northern Territory. The A$34-billion Ichthy’s LNG project is a joint venture development between Japan’s...

Arafura to seek more funding for Nolans BFS

Rare earths hopeful Arafura Resources was looking to raise more cash to fund the bankable feasibility study (BFS) of its Nolans project, in the Northern Territory. In an interview with Open Briefing, CEO Chris Tonkin said on Friday the company...

Old Pirate has new tricks for ABM

A scoping study into gold developer ABM Resources’ Old Pirate Stage 1 openpit project found that a capital investment of A$27.1-million could support a 261 000 oz gold operation. The Old Pirate gold deposit, in the Northern Territory, is on the...

Australian govt releases 27 areas for exploration

The federal government on Monday announced the exploration acreage release, comprising 27 areas across nine basins in Commonwealth waters off Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Using the Australian...

Westgold and Metals X announce A$330m merger

Junior Westgold Resources has agreed to merge with its largest shareholder, Metals X, in a deal valuing the combined company at some A$330-million, the ASX-listed firms announced on Monday. Westgold shareholders would receive 11 Metals X shares...

Crocodile Gold expects 200% production increase

Following the acquisition of two new Australian mines from AuRico Gold, TSX-listed Crocodile Gold Corp on Tuesday said it expected a threefold gold production increase this year to between 155 000 oz and 175 000 oz. The company, which mainly...

Company Announcement: Memorandum of Understanding Executed Between Arafura and a Major Korean Group

Australian Rare Earths company Arafura Resources Limited is pleased to announce it has executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with a major Korean multinational organisation to cooperate on long-term business arrangements in Rare Earths...

Ranger 3 Deeps exploration decline project, Australia

Energy Resources Australia has started construction works at its Ranger 3 Deeps decline at the Ranger mine, in the Northern Territory.

Mining investments driving Australian growth

The resources sector accounted for nearly half of the A$450.2-billion worth of major investment projects under way or committed to in Australia, Deloitte Access Economics reported on Wednesday. In its quarterly Investment Monitor, Deloitte noted...

FIRB approves TNG investment

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved the second stage of a A$13.4-million investment into ASX-listed TNG by its strategic partner Jiangsu Easter China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holding Company (ECE). The FIRB has...

Era starts construction of Ranger 3 Deeps decline

Uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia (Era) has started construction works at its Ranger 3 Deeps decline at the Ranger mine, in the Northern Territory. A 2.2 km decline would be constructed to a depth of around 400 m, the company said on...