Mining

Russian miner Nordgold has continued its fight for Perth-based Cardinal Resources, having matched an offer to buy the gold explorer for $1 per share.

Perth-based Macmahon Holdings has been named the preferred contractor to provide equipment hire and maintenance services at a coalmine in Queensland.

Perth-based GBM Resources is paying $3 million to buy a gold project in Queensland, close to its flagship Mount Coolon asset.

This month's Diggers & Dealers was notable as much for what didn't appear on the official program as what did.

BHP has posted a 7.2 per cent rise in first-quarter iron ore production, supported by stable demand from China, the world's top consumer of the steelmaking ingredient.

Resolute Mining has begun its search for a new leader after managing director and chief executive John Welborn stepped down from the role.

Fenix Resources is moving ahead with its iron ore project in Western Australia after appointing MACA as its mining contractor.

CIMIC Group has confirmed the 50 per cent sale of its mining contractor, Thiess, to an entity based in the UK.

GR Engineering Services has secured new work with Canada's Novo Resources Corp for its Nullagine goldmine in the Pilbara.

Elmore has won a federal court battle launched by its former chief operating officer, who was dismissed for misleading the board about the viability of iron ore projects in India.

Traditional owners have accused Rio Tinto of exaggerating the safety risk involved in removing explosives from the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

The spinout company of Cassini Resources is seeking to raise $6 million from its initial public offering, with an ASX listing targeted for November.

Red 5 will begin open pit production at its Great Western satellite deposit early next year, as the company ramps down operations at its King of the Hills goldmine.

Gina Rinehart has made history, becoming the first woman to win the GJ Stokes Memorial Award at Kalgoorlie's Diggers & Dealers mining forum.

De Grey Mining managing director Glenn Jardine says the explorer's heady market valuation is a fair reflection of the potential scale of its Hemi discovery.

Bellevue Gold boss Steve Parsons has played down speculation his company's namesake gold project is in the crosshairs of some of WA's most prominent gold miners.

Regis Resources head expects the current strength of the gold sector to last for a few years.

Prospect Resources is raising $6 million from a share placement to go towards its lithium project in Africa.

Shareholders of Victoria's Boadicea Resources have approved the $7 million sale of its Fraser Range tenements to nickel miner IGO.

Labour costs make the construction of downstream processing plants a challenge in Australia.

Rockingham-based WA Kaolin has kicked off a capital raising to fund the scale-up of its WA operations; it joins several companies planning to mine the specialist industrial mineral.

Perth-based Mader Group will provide heavy maintenance equipment services to Nevada Gold Mines under a new contract.

A rush to consolidate mines could herald a flurry of mergers.

Sustainability and social responsibility were on the agenda at Diggers & Dealers.

Poseidon Nickel hopes Golden Swan could be another black swan event.

Horizon Minerals has signed an agreement to buy a gold project in Western Australia for $2.8 million.

Juukan Gorge is back in the news, amid a dispute between Fortescue Metals Group and the traditional owners.

Demand for electric vehicles has given BHP's nickel business a new lease of life.

Gold assets in the US and Canada are on the radar for local producers.

Mount Gibson Mining is investigating options to extend the life of WA's oldest iron ore mine.

There's life in WA's shell-shocked lithium mining and processing industry, according to one of its veterans, Pilbara Minerals chief executive, Ken Brinsden.

Swick Mining Services has appointed experienced managing director Jason Marinko to lead the company's mineral technologies business.