Australia Top Stories

Tesla in talks with BHP over nickel supply pact

Talks are held up on pricing, and no final agreement has been reached so far.

Bloomberg News | October 6, 2020 | 11:11 am

Northern Star, Saracen create $11.5bn Australian gold giant

Merger gives birth to the world's eighth largest gold miner…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2020 | 3:40 am

Newcrest Mining cleared to trade on TSX from Oct 13

Newcrest says it had seen increased interest from North American…

Reuters | October 5, 2020 | 3:56 pm

RANKED: Top 10 mining property deals in the last five years

Six of the 10 largest mining property purchases since 2015…

MINING.com Editor | October 2, 2020 | 10:00 am

Wiluna goes ahead with Western Australia gold mine expansion

Staged development will increase production at Wiluna from 62,000 ounces…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 2, 2020 | 6:58 am

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Thailand to shut only active gold mine by end of May — report

Chatree remains in operations despite and order by the country's military regime last week to halt all gold mining and exploration activities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2016 | 6:36 am

Copper purification system to cut shipping costs

South Australian company OZ Minerals has designed a refining process that allows it to increase the quality of its copper concentrate and exponentially reduce export costs.

The Lead South Australia | May 17, 2016 | 2:05 pm

Aussie firms back push to drive Argentina to world No 2 lithium supplier

There are fresh opportunitis to explore for new lithium resources in the rich Latin American footprint, says Latin Resources Managing Director, Chris Gale.

Field Public Relations | May 17, 2016 | 9:48 am

Australia’s geoscientist employment slump enters its third year

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment situation.

Australian Institute of Geoscientists | May 16, 2016 | 8:26 am

Lucapa to invest $7 million upgrading Lulo diamond mine in Angola

The mine hosts type-2a diamonds which account for less than 1% of global supply.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2016 | 5:15 am

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

Frik Els | May 11, 2016 | 4:21 pm

Global gold output to remain weak despite price recovery

BMI Research analysts also believe gold prices bottomed in 2015 and expect the metal to edge higher over the coming quarters.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2016 | 2:45 am

BHP resumes expansion plans, says not waiting for prices to recover

Strategic shift comes as the world's biggest miner tries to regain investors' confidence.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2016 | 5:00 am

Glencore buys major stake in troubled Aussie iron ore miner

It now owns 8.47% of Atlas Iron, which gives Glencore direct exposure to iron ore production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2016 | 5:18 am

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