West Perth-based Australian Potash has completed native title work for its Lake Wells project in the Goldfields, and is expected to commence work on a feasibility study in coming months.
Iron ore miners Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group have announced initiatives designed to assist local suppliers, with Rio establishing a dedicated procurement team and FMG shortening payment terms.
Gold hopeful Impact Minerals is aiming to raise $4 million through a share purchase plan to fund exploration at is Commonwealth gold-silver-base metals project in NSW.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has strongly criticised a federal government decision to abolish the exploration development incentive tax concession, which it warns will have severe consequences in a climate where exploration is already soft.
Altona Mining has received Foreign Investment Review Board approval for a subsidiary of Chinese company Sichuan Railway Investment Group to invest more than $US200 million to set up its Cloncurry copper project in Queensland.
West Perth-based gold miner Beadell Resources has started work on a $US28 million plant upgrade project at its Tucano gold mine in Brazil, with commissioning to get under way in the middle of 2018.
Amani Gold has signed a memorandum of understanding with a little-known Chinese investment group to raise $25 million via a share issue to fund drilling at the Giro Gold project in the Congo.
Pilbara Minerals has been given a final environmental tick for its Pilgangoora lithium project, and is now cleared for construction, but the company will be continuing work on project financing.
South32 shares have dropped as much as 5.5 per cent after the diversified miner said it expected coking coal production from its Illawarra operations to be at least 10 per cent below guidance.
Gindalbie Metals has become the first company to announce plans for the use of a new mineral processing technology developed by Curtin University, with initial focus on its Mount Gunson copper-cobalt project in South Australia.
Shares in Zenith Energy were up 10 per cent to 55 cents after the remote generation operator listed on the ASX today, with the company planning to use the $25 million it raised to move into renewables and microgrid technology.
Three contractors have won work for Altura Mining’s planned $140 million Pilgangoora lithium mine, as the company continues work to secure debt financing for the project.
Flinders Mines is seeking to raise $16 million to advance its Pilbara iron ore project, with the company needing to fund further work to progress the mine to feasibility stage.
The first stage of an expansion plan to double capacity at the Wiluna gold project would cost about $25 million, according to a preliminary study undertaken by Blackham Resources.
Macmahon Holdings has finalised documentation for what is a potentially transformational deal with Indonesia's PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, two months after announcing a heads of agreement in the midst of a hostile takeover battle.
Resources companies look set to get out their drill bits this year, with the number of exploration applications made to the state government up nearly 50 per cent in the March quarter compared to the same period in 2016.
Resources hopeful Talisman Mining has secured a $23 million debt financing agreement to fund the Monty copper and gold project which is to be built in a joint venture with Sandfire Resources.
The global company that runs many of WA’s mine camps believes a technology platform developed with local ICT firm Velrada provides a blueprint for its international operations.
Heron Resources has awarded CIMIC Group subsidiary Sedgman a $107 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for a processing facility at its Woodlawn zinc-copper project south of Sydney.
Mining giant Rio Tinto expects further growth in Asia on the back of China's One Belt One Road initiative, which is expected to result in heavy infrastructure investments in the region.
South Australian charter airline Rossair Charter Services is making a push into Western Australia, as it refines operations following the recent acquisition of Perth-based Ad Astral Aviation.
Martin Purvis is leaving his post as managing director and chief executive of Troy Resources to take on the same responsibilities at mineral sands miner MZI Resources, following Trevor Matthews’ resignation in November.
Perth entrepreneur Steve Tobin is gearing up for an expansion of oil and gas and minerals exploration in Australia, after selling a majority stake in Terrex Seismic to a private equity group to fund the acquisition of what he believes is a breakthrough technology.
Shares in Pilbara Minerals were up 20 per cent on news the company has inked a major offtake and $US20 million investment agreement it says will pave the way for final funding of development of its Pilgangoora lithium project.
Perth junior Salt Lake Potash has tapped investors for $17.6 million to fund development of a pilot plant at its Goldfields salt lakes project near Laverton.
SPECIAL REPORT: West Perth-based junior Metalicity is developing a plan to take the Admiral Bay zinc deposit in the Canning Basin to production, two years after the project was bought from the collapsed Kagara Mining.
SPECIAL REPORT: The value of investment into WA gold projects is about four times as much as this time last year, while growth in spending on lithium has been even more substantial.
MACA has won a $6 million contract to provide mining services to Northern Minerals’ Browns Range heavy rare earths pilot project, while an additional $4 million bulk earthworks contract is also due to be awarded to the Perth-based company.
