Oil and gas major Santos on Thursday reported that the Barossa joint venture is one step closer to a positive final investment decision, following the award of a gas export pipeline contract. The gas export pipeline will tie the Barossa gasfield, some …
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An additional 40-million tonnes a year of capacity has been made available at the port of Port Hedland, increasing the annual shipping capacity to 617-million tonnes.
Western Australian Ports Minister Alannah MacTiernan noted that the annual capacity …
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ASX-listed OM Holdings has recovered the body of its employee Craig Butler, following a wall failure at the Bootu Creek manganese mine, in the Northern Territory, on August 24.
OM on Thursday said mining operations at Bootu Creek remained suspended, w…
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ASX-listed Focus Minerals has told shareholders that a competing offer from Hong Kong-listed China Hanking Holdings for the Coolgardie gold project, in Western Australia, was not a superior offer to the one currently offered by fellow-listed Horizon Mi…
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Australian gold production is forecast to grow by 6% year-on-year in 2019 and a further 3% in 2020, to reach 10.9-million ounces, researcher Fitch Solutions has reported. In its outlook for the Australian gold sector, Fitch Solutions noted that Austral…
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Coal miner Paringa Resources has started coal shipping from its Poplar Grove mine, in Kentucky, to its second customer.
The first shipment to Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, was ma…
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Shareholders of takeover target MOD Resources have exceeded the cash consideration cap of A$41.6-million under the takeover offer from fellow-listed Sandfire Resources.
Copper miner Sandfire in June launched a takeover offer for Africa-focused MOD, of…
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The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended a compliance start date for US energy major Chevron’s carbon dioxide (CO2) injection system, at its Gorgon gas development, on Barrow Island. Chevron in August this year an…
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The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed diversified miner Glencore’s expansion of its Indigenous Employment Pathways Program in central Queensland.
Starting in February next year, the programme aims to provide employment opportunities for 20 Ind…
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The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has warned that the Victorian government could be forcing the early closure of some gold mines in the state, if it decided to push ahead with its gold royalty.
The Victorian government is reportedly pushing ahea…
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