Fortescue Metals Group has recorded a 5 per cent rise in iron-ore shipments for the December quarter, as it positions itself to increase output of a new higher-grade product.
Rio Tinto has awarded its 100th work package to local businesses in the Pilbara, as part of its program designed to increase opportunities for businesses in Western Australia.
Primero Group has been selected as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Adelaide-based Core Lithium’s $53 million Finniss project near Darwin.
AVZ Minerals is seeking to raise up to $10 million via a share purchase plan, primarily to advance its Manono lithium and tin project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The descendants of iron ore pioneer Peter Wright have received total dividends of $702 million over the past three years, according to recently lodged financial statements that also reveal the big legal expenses they have paid.
Northern Star Resources’ full-year production guidance remains unchanged at a healthy 850,000-900,000 ounces, but its shares slumped today after it flagged a lift in all-in sustaining cost guidance.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has appointed Morgan Stanley Wealth Management to sell approximately 12 million ordinary shares in Tribune Resources.
About 5,000 exploration, tenure and mining approvals were sitting in the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation And Safety’s pipeline at the end of the September quarter last year, according to the department’s latest approvals performance data.
Shares in Fenix Resources were up by as much as 150 per cent today before falling at the close of trade, after the company announced it had intersected substantial high-grade iron ore via a drilling program at its flasgship Iron Ridge project, located in the Murchison region.
Lithium miner Galaxy Resources has flagged a strong increase in its estimate of reserves and resource at its Mt Cattlin Project, located two kilometres north of Ravensthorpe, following its latest drilling activities.
BHP Group has highlighted a $US600 million (approximately $840 million) fall in earnings due to production disruptions at its Australian and Chile operations.
Treasurer Ben Wyatt has said he does not think BHP Group has been a bad corporate citizen after it was today revealed the iron ore miner might owe up to $300 million to the state in royalties, the company’s third such battle in recent years.
MZI Resources has decided to explore the sale of its Keysbrook mineral sands mine after recurring technical setbacks left the company saddled with high debt.
Sandfire Resources confirmed today it has approached MOD Resources about a potential takeover, with the target proceeding instead with a $15 million capital raising to support work on its T3 copper project.
Ausdrill has won contracts in Western Australia worth a combined $171 million, including for underground mining services at Regis Resources’ Rosemont project.
GR Engineering Services has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for Tellus Holdings’ Sandy Ridge facility, located 140 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie.
West Perth-based gold and uranium explorer Predictive Discovery said employees at its joint venture with Progress Minerals in the West African country of Burkina Faso were safe, after a geologist working for its Canadian partner was kidnapped from the project site and killed.
Mining giant Rio Tinto expects to produce more iron ore this year, after it shipped 338.2 million tonnes of iron ore from its Pilbara operations in 2018, in line with full-year guidance.
Diversified miner South32 has announced corporate affairs and investor relations executive Katie Tovich will replace Brendan Harris as chief financial officer, who will take over the chief marketing officer role from Peter Finnimore.
Mining mogul Gina Rinehart retains her spot at the top of Forbes' Aussie rich list despite falling iron ore prices knocking her wealth down $US1.8 billion, to $US14.8 billion (down approximately $2.5 billion, to approximately $20.6 billion).
BHP Group will be double-checking its advertising copy in future after publishing full-page advertisements that mistakenly claimed major international business CPB Contractors was based in Western Australia.
Ausdrill has announced its chief financial officer Theresa Mlikota will leave company within the next three months to undertake the same role at ASX-listed construction materials and lime producer Adelaide Brighton.
