Crushing Services International

Bibra Lake-based mining services company Mineral Resources Ltd subsidiary Process Minerals International Ltd will sell a minimum of 280,000 tonnes of manganese per year to Chinese joint venture CITIC Dameng Mining Industries Ltd under a new sales contract

A pair of Mineral Resources subsidiaries have made progress on two fronts, one winning a processing plant contract worth an estimated $450 million at Rio Tinto’s Nammuldi iron ore mine, while another part-owned subsidiary has raised $1.38 million to repay debts.

Fortescue Metals Group has assumed "full operational responsibility" at its Christmas Creek mine after two fatalities in less than five months, announcing it has purchased the mine's ore processing facilities from Mineral Resources subsidiary Crushing Services International.

Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion has flagged new industry safety guidelines in the wake of five mining fatalities in Western Australia in nine months.

International aluminium producer Alcoa has joined a number of companies fined for workplace deaths this year, today receiving a $68,000 fine for a fatality at its Wagerup refinery five years ago.

Workplace injury rates in WA have fallen despite the heavy influx of workers to construction projects. In fact, mining is behind retail trade in terms of injuries.

Fortescue Metals Group plans to move to a full owner-operator model at its Christmas Creek mining operations after Downer EDI's contract expires at the end of September.Today's announcement comes just over a year after FMG terminated Macmahon Holdings' Christmas Creek contract.