Having recently detailed a $US178 million ($248 million) capital cost for its Cadoux Kaolin alumina project, FYI Resources has now commenced a bankable feasibility study for the proposal.
The federal government expects the nation's resource and energy exports to hit a record of $252 billion in 2018-2019, buoyed by climbing prices for commodities such as natural gas and by a weaker Australian dollar.
Salt Lake Potash has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese fertiliser business Sinofert Holdings for an offtake agreement at the Perth-based company’s Goldfields salt lakes project.
Local gold producer Millennium Minerals says it is on course to hit the top end of its guidance for 2018 on the back of a strong second-half performance.
Poseidon Nickel has announced the resignations of long-time board members David Singleton and Chris Indermaur, with their replacements coming from major shareholders Black Mountain Metal and Squadron Resources.
Fortescue Metals Group has failed to get its hands on a crucial engineering report at the heart of a legal dispute with Canadian company TransAlta Corporation.
Rio Tinto and its joint venture partners have given the green light to invest $2.1 billion across two iron ore projects that will employ 1,200 people in the Pilbara.
Regis Resources has withdrawn its $85.3 million takeover proposal for Capricorn Metals, after the gold aspirant’s largest shareholder, Hawke’s Point, rejected the indicative deal.
Fortescue Metals Group has sold its blocking stake in Atlas Iron, after Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting increased its takeover offer for a second time last week.
Henderson-based Civmec will start a maintenance services contract with iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings next month, building on work it is undertaking for major players Rio Tinto, Alcoa of Australia and Fortescue Metals Group.
Struggling gold producer Eastern Goldfields has announced a $75 million recapitalisation deal and board overhaul led by private mining services company Adaman Resources.
Lithium producer Tawana Resources has secured a $40 million funding package with a consortium led by Tribeca Investment Partners, with its planned merger with joint venture partner Alliance Mineral Assets expected to be completed in November.
West Perth-based Grounded Construction Group is nearing completion of a $15 million project to install two mining villages for Iluka Resources’ Cataby mineral sands project north of Perth.
Black Rock Mining has signed a strategic agreement with a Chinese machinery company to supply plant equipment and source up to $US40 million ($55 million) for the graphite explorer’s Mahenge project in Tanzania.
Gold producer Blackham Resources has announced a $23 million funding deal with New York-based fund manager The Lind Partners to repay lender Orion and finalise an expansion study for the Wiluna project.
A private Chinese company is planning to invest $100 million in two major iron ore projects that have been dormant for the best part of a decade - the Oakajee port in WA's Mid West and Sundance Resources' Mbalam Nabeba mine in Cameroon.
A massive gold nugget worth at least $110,000 has been uncovered by a prospector in the northern Goldfields, weeks after Canadian gold miner RNC Minerals made an even bigger discovery near Kambalda.
West Perth-based Rolek Resources has launched a $5 million initial public offering, with the company planning a backdoor listing via Shaw River Manganese.
Shares in local gold stocks Tribune Resources and Rand Mining have soared today, after each announced special dividends worth a combined $250 million, following an adverse ruling by the Takeovers Panel on Monday.
Shares in mineral sands-aspirant Sheffield Resources touched an all-time high today after the federal government approved a $95 million debt facility to develop the company’s Thunderbird project in the Kimberley.
Kalium Lakes has released a bankable feasibility study for its Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project in the Pilbara, which the company says has compelling technical and economic outcomes.
The Takeovers Panel has made a finding of unacceptable circumstances against ASX-listed Tribune Resources, which is led by managing director Anthony Billis.
