Australian mining news

Registrations for Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) 2019 edition are now open.

Greatland Gold plc has commenced its 2019 exploration programme in the Paterson region of Western Australia, with a high powered, deep sensing Induced Polarisation survey.

Wesfarmers has entered into a process and exclusivity deed to acquire Kidman Resources for approximately US$776 million.

Greatland Gold has provided an update on the activities of Newcrest Operations Ltd (Newcrest) at Greatland’s Havieron gold-copper project in the Paterson region of Western Australia.

Today, Orica announced it has achieved a landmark production figure, having produced 100 million electronic detonators for the mining industry to date at its manufacturing facility in Brownsburg.

RCT successfully fits its Fuel Cap Isolation system to 17 Atlas Copco underground haul trucks in the Northern Territory of Australia to prevent incidents when refuelling.

The systematic, 15-drill hole campaign will test the continuity and depth of mineralisation at Firetower and a new, untested target at Firetower East.

BHP releases its operational review for the nine months ended 31 March 2019, with a key highlight being a 3% decrease in total copper production.

MCA analysis shows that without carry over units, the financial cost to Australia will be at least AUS$12.8 billion.

Calidus confirms wide outcropping gold mineralisation in the centre of 1.25 million oz gold resource.