Australian resources company Alumina has reiterated its claims over its joint venture with Alcoa, a day after the US aluminium giant filed a plan with US regulators for the spin-off of its global upstream business.
Tom O’Leary has resigned as head of Wesfarmers’ chemicals, energy and fertilisers division to take the top job at mineral sands miner Iluka Resources, following in the footsteps of his predecessor David Robb.
The state government has extended its discounted charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by another year, to help junior miners continue exporting iron ore, as debate around the sale of the port continues.
David Flanagan has resigned as managing director of Atlas Iron, three weeks after US lawyer Eugene Davis took over from Cheryl Edwardes as the iron ore miner’s chairman.
Perth-based contractor NRW Holdings has built on its relationship with Queensland miner Middlemount Coal, winning a $25 million extension to its contract.
Caravel Minerals believes its Calingiri copper mine is set to be an outstanding project, based on a detailed scoping study that it believes is a best-case example of what listed companies need to prepare in order to meet current disclosure rules.
Mineral Resources was coy about its plans after today announcing it has agreed to buy mining tenements, including lithium deposits, and infrastructure at the Wodgina tantalum mine, which is owned by private group Global Advanced Metals.
Spanish contractor Duro Felguera has won a legal battle with Samsung C&T over the jurisdiction of a contractual dispute for work on the $10 billion Roy Hill project, with the next stage to play out infront of Singaporean arbitrators.
Evolution Mining has underlined its bullish outlook by doubling dividend payouts after posting record gold production, in line with its target guidance.
Veteran mining executive Tim Netscher will soon take on the role of chairman at aspiring gold miner Gold Road Resources, while Ian Murray will transition to managing director.
Shares in local explorer Manas Resources have doubled in value on news the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the Victoria gold project in Tanzania from a private Italian group for $US4 million ($A5.4 million) in cash and shares.
BHP Billiton will focus on copper and oil as it boosts exploration spending in the coming financial year despite cutting its total capital expenditure.
Perth-based explorer Pioneer Resources has tapped investors for a $5.62 million capital raising to fund ongoing work at its lithium, gold and nickel projects in Western Australia and Canada.
BC Iron has announced settlement of its dispute with former contractor Watpac, with the settlement including a final payment by BC Iron and its joint venture partner Fortescue Metals Group.
The Australian dollar gold price hit an all-time record of $1,826 an ounce today after Britain elected to leave the European Union, with shares in local gold miners rallying strongly even though the broader stock market tumbled more than 3 per cent.
Shares in local explorer Burey Gold have skyrocketed on promising drilling results at its Giro project in Africa, with today’s gains on top of a big jump before the results were announced.
Drilling services company Imdex has continued to refresh its board, with corporate adviser and company director Anthony Wooles recruited to replace long-serving chairman Ross Kelly.
Maintenance workers at Griffin Coal are set to stop work for 24 hours from 5:30am tomorrow in response to a decision by the Fair Work Commission earlier this month to move them onto an industry award wage.
Fortescue Metals Group will lop off another $US500 million ($A665 million) from its debt pile next week, after issuing a repayment notice for part of its 2019 term loan.
Perth-based mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has confirmed this afternoon that one of its employees was shot dead and seven others abducted near its operations in Nigeria.
Chinese steel production was up 1.8 per cent in the month of May compared with the same period last year, although global output was down 0.1 per cent.
Rio Tinto has announced a new executive team in a major reorganisation that will include iron ore boss and one-time CEO hopeful, Andrew Harding, leaving the mining giant.
Echo Resources says it will cost just $2.9 million to bring its Julius gold project into production, while Empire Resources expects to begin mining at its Penny’s Find gold project in the coming three months.
BHP Billiton is looking for $800 million in new savings from its coal operations as the global miner maintains an optimistic outlook for the coal business.
Gold miner Perseus Mining has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for the year, topping the likes of Pilbara Minerals and Gold Road Resources.
Stephen Pearce has been appointed to the board of Fortescue Metals Group, but will retain his current role as chief financial officer of the iron ore giant.
