Anglo American, owner of a number of operations in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, has earmarked new funding grants to some community groups and not-for-profit organisations in the Moranbah, Middlemount, Moura, Banana and Theodore areas via its 2025 Community Grants Program. The successful 2024 Community Grants Program applicants include: MiddlemountBarada Barna Aboriginal Corporation, Capella Tieri Middlemount Community Support Network, Capricorn Helicopter Rescue…
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Rio Tinto earmarks over $1B for Brockman mine extension
With the end goal of extending the life of the mine and sustaining production across its iron ore portfolio, Rio Tinto announced it has invested US$1.8 billion to develop the Brockman 1 mine project extension (BS1). The project has received all of its needed state and federal governmental approvals, and is being developed by the company alongside the Puutu Kunti…
Read MoreMacmahon expands services at Poboya
Macmahon has been selected by PT Citra Palu Minerals, a subsidiary of PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk, as the interim underground mining services contractor for the Poboya project in Sulawesi, Indonesia. “We are delighted to continue working with CPM on the next stage of the Poboya gold project, which will see us expanding our services to include both surface and…
Read MoreLiebherr-Australia delivers pink excavator to Roy Hill
Last month, Liebherr-Australia executives handed over a new R 9800 excavator that had both its bucket and counterweight painted pink to Roy Hill officials as part of a celebration marking a new partnership between the two companies. The R 9800 is the second of three initial Liebherr excavators to be delivered to the iron ore mine. The 800-tonne machine joins…
Read MoreWestern Australia CME releases newest workplace equality report
Resources companies have reduced their gender pay gap, but work remains – that is the arterial message of the newly released Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) for 2023-24, per the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME). The agency said the latest data shows the midpoint of the gap in average total remuneration between male and female workers…
Read MoreEvolution Mining passes last hurdle to extend Cowal operations
Evolution Mining has received the final regulatory approval for its Cowal gold operations’ open pit continuation project, which will extend open-pit mining at the New South Wales site until at least 2042.
Read MoreRio Tinto resumes shipping at WA port
Rio Tinto said it has resumed operations at its East Intercourse Island (EII) facility at Dampier Port in Western Australia after being offline for over five weeks due to Tropical Cyclone Sean. A railcar dumper at the port facility was flooded when the cyclone delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline in late January. The miner said dumper…
Read MoreVictoria regulator hits Victory Metals with fine
Resources Victoria’s regulator has issued an infringement notice to Victory Minerals, the owner and operator of the Ballarat gold mine, for a breach of its blast limit. In July 2024, an underground blast exceeded the permitted level of ground vibration between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. local time. Victory Minerals notified the Earth Resources Regulator of the breach and cooperated…
Read MoreFLSmidth wins order for iron ore plant
An undisclosed Indian mining customer has awarded FLSmidth with the largest single order for the world’s largest size steel media tower mills. The order includes the delivery of 18 vertical tower mills (FTM-5000) to be used in both the secondary and tertiary grinding circuits, directly downstream from two of the world’s largest high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs), which the customer ordered…
Read MoreSt Barbara commissions crusher; appoints advisor
St Barbara has successfully commissioned a MMD Sizer at its Simberi operations in Papua New Guinea, an essential part of the site’s pre-expansion growth capital. The company said the crusher exceeded all commissioning targets with product size testing achieving P100 passing 150 mm, compared to the objective of P80 passing 150 mm. It was then handed over to operations and…
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