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BHP’s Project Dig unearths 100-million-year-old fossil in Western Queensland

A team of palaeontologists found Australia’s first head and associated body of an elasmosaur, a long-necked plesiosaur that co-existed with dinosaurs in the early Cretaceous Period.

Staff Writer | March 16, 2023 | 7:55 am

Rio Tinto appoints directors with mining, renewable energy experience

Dean Dalla Valle and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, the latest appointments, will…

Reuters | March 16, 2023 | 7:50 am

Fortescue, NREL partner to boost green hydrogen development

West Australian Fortescue Future Industries and the National Renewable Energy…

Staff Writer | March 16, 2023 | 5:44 am

Alcoa Australia to cut Portland aluminum smelter output to 75% capacity

The company cited instability and production challenges.

Reuters | March 15, 2023 | 7:50 am

Newcrest, Newmont set to talk as Newcrest outlines more mining potential

Newcrest rebuffed Newmont’s initial $17 billion takeover bid in mid-February,

Henry Lazenby | March 14, 2023 | 11:31 am

Russell: Eight kids and a nun may have doomed coal’s future

Activists have finally realised that hitting companies and governments with potentially massive liabilities is a more effective strategy than having protesters chain themselves to mining equipment.

Reuters | May 31, 2021 | 8:10 am

Australian copper miner 29Metals launches $471m IPO

29Metals’ assets include the Golden Grove copper mine and Capricorn Copper, both in Australia, and Redhill in Chile,

Bloomberg News | May 31, 2021 | 7:59 am

Vietnam steel maker Hoa Phat acquires Australia’s Roper Valley iron ore mine

Vietnam’s steel maker Hoa Phat said on Monday it has acquired the Roper Valley iron ore mine project in Australia, marking the […]

Reuters | May 31, 2021 | 7:32 am

Lithium outlook ‘bright as ever’ – report

The ten-year outlook will see lithium’s supply and demand fundamentals evolve rapidly.

MINING.com Editor | May 28, 2021 | 11:13 am

Cost of Fortescue’s Iron Bridge project shoots up once again

The world’s fourth-largest iron ore producer raised the cost estimate for its Iron Bridge magnetite project to between $3.3 and $3.5 billion.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 27, 2021 | 8:06 pm

CSIRO, Fortescue want to bring cost of hydrogen production to under A$2

CSIRO and Fortescue join a number of partners in the Hydrogen Industry Mission whose combined projects add up to A$68 million.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 27, 2021 | 6:06 am

Coal giant wins mine feud with 86-year old nun and teenagers

Whitehaven Coal can now develop a project that will produce as much as 10 million tons a year of mostly metallurgical coal.

Bloomberg News | May 26, 2021 | 7:34 pm

Australian police arrest 11 protesting against MMG’s Tasmania waste storage plan

Police last week broke up the protesters' camp 142 days after it was set up in an effort to protect the environment.

Reuters | May 26, 2021 | 7:38 am

Australia shares drop on virus worries, miners drag

Heavyweight Aussie miners tumbled 0.9% as China's warning against hoarding pressured iron ore prices.

Reuters | May 25, 2021 | 9:16 pm

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