Victory Metals Limited has announced exceptional metallurgical leaching test results from its flotation concentrate at its wholly-owned North Stanmore heavy rare earth project in Western Australia. Test work on concentrate produced from the company’s recent flotation program revealed a 48-fold upgrade of the total rare earth oxide it processed, rejecting about 95% of the feed mass into tailings. The results…
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Australia-focused Native Mineral Resources provided an update on activities across its Charters Towers and Ravenswood assets in northern Queensland, including its latest Blackjack gold pour. Completed on 25 March, the miner produced three doré bars totaling 560 ounce doré (17.41 kg), while broader mining, drilling, approvals and infrastructure workstreams continue to advance across Blackjack, Podosky and Far Fanning. “Our latest…
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Mining contractor Macmahon announced the execution of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Wolfram Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bumi Resources, for the restart of operations at the Mount Carlton gold mine, located 150 kilometres south of Townsville in North Queensland. Macmahon’s offering of surface and underground mining services, as well as civil infrastructure services, forms the basis of…
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Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan Australia Rare Earths B.V. (JARE) to establish a framework for cooperation across the rare earths value chain, particularly in relation to exploration. JARE is a special-purpose company established by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and Sojitz Corporation. Lynas and JARE are parties to…
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Australian producer Pantoro Gold will be commencing development of its third producing underground mine at its wholly owned Norseman project in Western Australia in early FY27. Company officials said development will be moving toward the high-grade O’Briens Reef, and that will start after completion of dewatering and rehabilitation of the site’s Bullen Decline. It is expected to produce first ore…
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State-run China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) has widened restrictions on buying new seaborne iron ore cargoes from BHP, as a months-long contract dispute persists, reported Reuters. The iron ore buyer is said to have told several traders to buy fewer BHP flagship grades like Mac fines and Newman fines and lumps, products that have not yet been part of the…
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Australia-based Cohda Wireless has applied its vehicle positioning solution to the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia to drive safety and productivity. The V2X (Vehicle-To-Everything) technology connects vehicles with each other and roadside infrastructure to create a cooperative and intelligent transport environment. “Cohda’s V2X-Locate allows all equipped mobile fleet, fixed plant, and personnel to be reliably tracked in real-time to sub-meter…
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Rendering: Rio Tinto Rio Tinto and the Western Australian Government have entered into a 50:50 joint venture to complete both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Dampier seawater desalination plant. Once fully operational, the plant will deliver 8 gigalitres of desalinated water per year to the West Pilbara Water Supply Scheme, reducing pressure on regional aquifers. The joint venture…
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Ohio-headquartered Kodiak Chemical has signed a strategic joint venture with Blackrock Mining Solutions to serve the energy, mining, and primary metal sectors in Australia.
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Victory Metals and Curtin University have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of Victory’s North Stanmore heavy rare earth (HREE) and strategic defence metal project in Western Australia. “Victory, Curtin and the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer [initiative] create an unbeatable industry-academia powerhouse,” said Victory Metals Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Brendan Clark. “This partnership delivers…
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