Chinese chemical company Shandong Mingrui Group will buy a lithium project in Southern Mali from ASX-listed Birimian Resources in a $107.5 million deal.
The appointment of Richard Homsany as executive chairman at West Perth-based uranium hopeful Toro Energy ties up leadership changes at the company with chairman John Cahill resigning today just a month after managing director Vanessa Guthrie.
Alcoa World Alumina Corporation has locked in a contract to directly export 400,000 tonnes of bauxite from the Huntly mine in Western Australia, as the company continues a move towards shipping of the commodity in unprocessed form.
Israeli authorities placed billionaire businessman Beny Steinmetz under house arrest on Monday over allegations of bribery and corruption in Africa linked to his mining company, BSG Resources (BSGR) a
Ironbark Zinc has been awarded a mining permit for the Citronen zinc-lead project in Greenland, and will now commence advanced development and financing activities.
A Botswana copper mine is one step closer for Mod Resources after the company completed a $5.5 million institutional raising to accelerate the possible T3 development.
The competition watchdog said today it planned to deny authorisation to a proposed partnership between Virgin Australia Holdings and Alliance Aviation Services because it would lessen competition in the West Australian market.
Fortescue Metals Group said today its proposed joint venture with larger Brazilian miner Vale, for blending their iron ore at key Chinese ports, could fall over.
Sandfire Resources has encountered problems at its $40 million solar farm at the Degrussa copper mine, about six months after an ASX announcement suggested the power plant had been successfully commissioned.
Bhagwan Marine has been awarded a contract to supply marine vessels and crew to support construction on Rio Tinto's Amrun bauxite project in north Queensland.
Two Perth-based gold miners have run into trouble, with Troy Resources striking problems at its mine and Kingsrose Mining falling into voluntary administration.
Gold junior KIN Mining has released a pre-feasibility study on its Leonora project with a smaller capital cost estimate than that flagged in a scoping study earlier this year.
In a rare move for the pro-mining Barnett government, environment minister Albert Jacob has sided with the Environmental Protection Authority and rejected appeals by Canadian company Cameco over its proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine in the Goldfields.
Paladin Energy has offloaded its entire shareholding in Deep Yellow, taking advantage of a share price spike after the uranium miner's former managing director John Borshoff joined the junior explorer.
Perth-based Strike Resources has sold its Apurimac and Cusco iron ore projects in Peru for about $13.5 million, as the company shifts its focus to other commodities.
Holding an even exposure to base metals and gold will be the key to keeping Independence Group's performance consistent across the commodity cycle, according to managing director Peter Bradford, although the time was not yet right to be looking for new gold projects.
Pacific Energy chairman Cliff Lawrenson will add the top job at Atlas Iron to his list of roles after being appointed chief executive and managing director of the iron ore miner today.
BHP Billiton says production at its disaster-hit Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil could restart in 2017, but only if the joint venture project's $US3.8 billion of debt is restructured and new operating approvals are secured.
Clive Palmer has won a battle in his ongoing legal fight with Chinese company CITIC Pacific Mining after a Western Australian Supreme Court judge ordered the company to pay him $US10.7 million ($A14.3 million).
Perth-based NRW Holdings has been contracted to provide more services to Rio Tinto at the mining giant's Yandi iron ore operation in the Pilbara, in a deal worth $40 million.
The first cargo of concentrate from Independence Group's Nova nickel mine has been dispatched to Kambalda, with the site's processing plant to reach nameplate production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum in the middle of next year.
NRW Holdings has revealed the price it has paid for the east coast operations of failed company Hughes Drilling, on the same day private equity fund manager Allegro formally acquired Hughes' Perth-based subsidiary JSW Australia for an undisclosed sum.
A Chinese company's bid to buy a stake in the Kalgoorlie Super Pit would make it the latest international player to control WA's most famous gold mine.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources could spend more than $290 million on ramping up production, streamlining operations and improving safety at Sierra Rutile after completing a merger with the Sierra Leone-based miner.
Copper explorer MOD Resources has released a scoping study for an open-pit mine at its T3 project in Botswana, which has an estimated development cost of $US135 million ($A181.7 million).
