The future of the Thunderbird Mineral Sands mine hangs in the balance as Sheffield Resources enters urgent negotiations to resculpt its debt load following a string of production woes.
Japanese industrial group Iwatani is closing in on Strandline Resources' mothballed mineral sands mine in a deal that leaves the federal government facing an almost $160 million loss.
Gold and manganese play Element 25 has notched $50 million loan from a federal government financing agency to help underpin the expansion of its Butcherbird project in the Pilbara.
