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…
Read MoreThe state of Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India is reportedly planning to open its mineral-rich coastline region to rare earth beach sand mining in a bid to reduce its reliance on Chinese imports. According to a report in one of the country’s news outlets the Daily Excelsior, state-run miner Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) identified numerous heavy mineral-bearing deposits…
Read MoreThe Ministry of Forestry in Indonesia has reportedly frozen some 80 mining environmental permits across the country as part of a compliance review. According to Indonesia Business Report, the agency is evaluating environmental compliance for about 1,358 coal and nickel extraction units across 14 provinces considered, as it said, to be environmentally critical. As of February 25, 250 units had…
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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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Glencore Coal Australia has confirmed the departure of its chief executive officer, Ian Cribb, who will retire of at the end of March. Cribb, a 50-year mining industry veteran, had worked with Glencore for more than three decades. Cribb, the company said, was a key contributor to the growth and success of Glencore’s Australian coal business, holding various senior management…
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Ok Tedi Mining has signed an extended memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary to continue the engagement of the Special Services Division (Mobile Squads) at its operations in Tabubil. “This MoU extension and partnership is important for us at Ok Tedi as it emphasises our commitment to community and operational safety. We want to ensure…
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Australian junior explorer Adavale Resources has entered into an agreement with Alkane Resources to acquire a strategic package of exploration tenure adjacent to and complementary with its Parkes gold-copper project in New South Wales. The acquisition expands Adavale’s contiguous Parkes tenement holding from 380 square kilometres to 440 km², consolidating approximately 56 km of strike along the gold-rich Parkes Thrust…
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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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French miner Eramet’s nickel mining joint venture in Indonesia has received an initial production allowance of 12 million wet metric tons for 2026, down from the initial allowance of 32 million it received for 2025, reported Reuters. PT Weda Bay Nickel will apply as soon as possible for an upward revision of the volume, the miner stated, adding that its…
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NSW Minerals Council CEO Stephen Galilee has confirmed, via the group’s annual member expenditure survey, that 29 participating NSW mining companies in the last financial year supported record levels of mining jobs and near-record levels of direct spending in the Australian state.
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