Mining major Rio Tinto has awarded a A$20-million, five-year contract with Yurra Pty Ltd to provide civil maintenance services around the company’s Pilbara rail network.
Yurra is majority owned by the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC), the app…
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Australian oil and gas major Santos has inked additional nonbinding memoranda of understanding (MoU) for gas supply from its proposed Narrabri gas project, in New South Wales.
Under the proposed transactions, Santos would supply building material man…
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The Minister of Mines for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has approved Chinese metals trader Chengtun Mining Group’s A$109.5-million cash offer for copper junior Nzuri Copper.
Chengtun Mining is offering Nzuri shareholders 37c a share for their…
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The share price of ASX-listed Gulf Manganese soared by 20% on Wednesday on news that the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources had approved the company’s plans to export direct shipping ore (DSO) from its manganese operations in the regio…
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Ore processing at the Woodlawn zinc/copper mine, in New South Wales, has started, with the operation expected to progressively ramp up to an estimated throughput capacity of 1.5-million tonnes a year.
ASX-listed Heron Resources on Wednesday told share…
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Coal has continued to drive exports in Queensland, with the state government this week reporting an increase of 18.4% in the value of exports, which reached A$84.3-billion in the 12 months to March.
“Yet again the value of Queensland’s merchandise exp…
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Gold junior Bardoc Gold has moved to consolidated tenements in Western Australia, striking a deal with fellow listed Torian Resources to acquire a package of 40 tenements covering 49 km2 in and around its own 2.6-million ounce Bardoc gold project.
The…
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Scoping studies into the Airijoki and Koitelainen vanadium projects, in Sweden and Finland respectively, have proven both projects to be financially robust, ASX-listed Pursuit Minerals said on Wednesday.
The scoping studies assessed the potential for …
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Suitor Middle Island Resources has warned that a defeating condition has been triggered for its takeover offer of fellow-listed Alto Metals, after Alto announced a capital raise earlier this month.
Alto has previously said that it would raise A$600 00…
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Australian iron-ore major Hancock Prospecting has gained a shareholding of more than 85% in Canadian takeover target Riversdale Resources, triggering an increased offer price.
Hancock earlier this week increased its cash offer for the unlisted Canadia…
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