Seventeen workers at the South32 Appin Colliery in New South Wales, west of Sydney, have contracted COVID-19, sending the underground miners into a quarantine.
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Karara nabs NRW for iron ore operation
Contractor engineer NRW has been awarded a five-year, A$702 million mining services contract with Karara Mining for its namesake iron ore mine in the Shire of Perenjori, Western Australia.
Read MoreHatch, Lindsay Dynan joining forces
Consultancy group Hatch has announced its integration with Australian engineering consultant Lindsay Dynan in a move both said will help expand Australian capabilities and grow its infrastructure services in the country and elsewhere. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
Read MoreOz government gives approval for Cadia expansion
Newcrest Mining has been notified of the approval of an application submitted to expand the permitted processing capacity for its Cadia gold operation in Australia that will take it from 32 million tonnes per year to 35 Mt/y. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
Read MoreFortescue CEO resigns as miner shifts focus
Elizabeth Gaines will step down as chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals Group as the Australian miner transitions from a pure play iron ore producer to a diversified renewable energy and resources major.
Read MoreRio Tinto, Austin Engineering ink hardware contract
Australian engineer Austin Engineering has signed a new five-year contract deal with miner Rio Tinto for products and services at the operator’s mines. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
Read MoreLiebherr-Australia opening Kalgoorlie branch
OEM Liebherr-Australia said it will open its newest branch in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, next month to support the region’s rapidly expanding fleet of Liebherr mining equipment. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
Read MoreEnviroGold steps in to reprocess Hellyer tailings
Canadian green technology group EnviroGold Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hellyer Gold Mines to reprocess the latter’s tailings at the Hellyer gold operation in Tasmania, Australia. Under the terms of the deal, EnviroGold will perform a multi-stage reprocessing programme at the active operation, adding its metallurgical solution to drive a significant increase in gold, silver, zinc,…
Read MoreClough delivers Mount Peake design
TNG, owner of the Mount Peake project in Australia’s Northern Territory, has received the integrated design layout for its asset from engineering group Clough, and the result has given it an open door to begin final design work and value engineering. The company said the integrated layout includes a beneficiation plant at the site northwest of Alice Springs, as well…
Read MoreMonadelphous grabs BHP, Rio Tinto contracts
Engineering group Monadelphous has picked up more than A$110 million in new contracts and extensions from miners BHP and Rio Tinto for multiple scopes of work in Western Australia.
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