The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has launched a defense of foreign investment into the Australian resources sector, saying it has been critical to Australia’s unparalleled 27 years of continuous economic growth.
The organisation says that there…
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Botswana-focused MOD Resources went into a trading halt on the ASX on Monday after Australian copper miner Sandfire Resources confirmed that it had approached the junior to express its interest in exploring a potential merger.
Responding to media repo…
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Media reports on Monday emerged that Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan would seek royalty payments of up to A$300-million from diversified miner BHP, which the state reportedly believed was underpaid over a period of 12 years.
Broadcaster 6PR re…
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The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has warned that jobs and investments in the resources sector were under threat from the Northern Territory government’s proposed Environment Protection Bill and Regulations.
The draft legislation addresses the …
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Lithium miner Orocobre has appointed Martin Pérez de Solay as MD, following the retirement of Richard Seville.
Pérez de Solay has also formally started his duties as CEO.
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ASX-listed GBM Resources has updated the mineral resource estimate at its Mt Coolon gold project, in Western Australia, to include the Twin Hills gold deposits.
A new Joint Ore Reserves Committee compliant mineral resource of 633 000 oz has been estim…
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Project house CIMIC Group was expecting to generate revenue of around A$200-million from a range of new maintenance and service contracts in the Australian oil and gas sector.
CIMIC on Friday reported that its subsidiary UGL had secured a maintenance …
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Gold miner Ramelius Resources has extended its takeover for ASX-listed Explaurum until February 22, having obtained a 79.2% interest in the takeover target to date.
The offer has been declared unconditional, and Explaurum directors have unanimously re…
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ASX-listed Predictive Discovery has announced the death of a senior employee of its Canadian joint venture (JV) partner, Progress Minerals, at the Progress JV in Burkina Faso.
Canadian geologist Kirk Woodman was kidnapped from an exploration camp in …
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Diversified major Rio Tinto has reported higher iron-ore and copper production for the quarter ended December, with other commodities remaining stable.
“We delivered a solid operational performance in the final quarter of 2018, in particular across ou…
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